Do mice have ribcages?

[XZeroII]

If no, then do rats? If no, then what animal skeleton looks like a mouse, but has a ribcage? Someone told me that mice don't have ribcages, and I'm curious. Anyone know?

 

[0roo0roo]

they do.

 

[Hooligan]

yeah

 

[Wallydraigle]

As far as I know all of the higher vertibrates have ribs. Frogs and toads don't, I'm pretty sure, I don't know about salamanders.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: lirion
As far as I know all of the higher vertibrates have ribs. Frogs and toads don't, I'm pretty sure, I don't know about salamanders.

Indeed, they do.

Salamanders are pretty squishy in their midsections.

 

[LordMaul]

Find one, squeeze it tightly in your hands, and if you feel a "crunch" from their midsection, then you have your answer.

Just go to your local petshop and try it...they gotta have mice.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Find one, squeeze it tightly in your hands, and if you feel a "crunch" from their midsection, then you have your answer.

Just go to your local petshop and try it...they gotta have mice.

lol, that could cost more than asking you guys

 

[FrustratedUser]

Yeah baby, BBQ mice rib.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Where's Wduaqnug and spunky when you need quick info

 

[WinkOsmosis]

What kind of moron thinks a mouse doesn't have a ribcage?

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
What kind of moron thinks a mouse doesn't have a ribcage?

Probably some spineless loser!

 

[4Lclovergirl]

Yes, mice, rats, and frogs all have ribcages. I have done dissections to all of them. Not sure about salamanders, but basically I think anything with a true heart has a ribcage, sicne they are designed to protect the heart. I would imagine a salmander would at least have some cartilage over it, since they crawl on the ground, and sitting on a sharp point on a rock could puncture it.

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
What kind of moron thinks a mouse doesn't have a ribcage?

the ones that managed to fail bio101.

 

[Spyro]

You could eat one and easily find out

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: 4Lclovergirl
Yes, mice, rats, and frogs all have ribcages. I have done dissections to all of them. Not sure about salamanders, but basically I think anything with a true heart has a ribcage, sicne they are designed to protect the heart. I would imagine a salmander would at least have some cartilage over it, since they crawl on the ground, and sitting on a sharp point on a rock could puncture it.

Frog skeletons have little spurs coming off the vertebrae. You could call the little spurs "ribs", I guess, but since they don't touch each other at all it's not really a ribcage.

 

[her209]

Why would mice not have rib cages?

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: her209
Why would mice not have rib cages?

Because they don't want to be barbecued.

 

[morkinva]

Can't mice fit through really small spaces? Maybe they have a collapsible ribcage

 

[GroundZero]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
If no, then do rats? If no, then what animal skeleton looks like a mouse, but has a ribcage? Someone told me that mice don't have ribcages, and I'm curious. Anyone know?

all mamals have ribs, hence they have ribcages.

tell your friend that told you otherwise that they need to go back to school

 

[edro]

Yes they do.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: morkinva
Can't mice fit through really small spaces? Maybe they have a collapsible ribcage

ur ribs flex when u breath eh?

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: morkinva
Can't mice fit through really small spaces? Maybe they have a collapsible ribcage

ur ribs flex when u breath eh?