# What is blue and lives in a Mouse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 9, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830 "2013-10-09T23:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/41 "2013-10-11T15:59:23Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > And just _ **what** _ color is ‘liver colored’? 😕 [Liver (color)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_(color)) ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/42 "2013-10-11T16:48:50Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > You’re lucky. Our cats used to catch at least one mouse per night when we vacationed in the north woods in the summer, but since they were well fed, they weren’t really hungry. Almost every morning we’d find a headless mouse at the front door. We could only assume the head was the tastiest part. a cat will swallow a mouse whole in about 15 seconds. they do crush the skull first wit a couple chomps. they do focus on destroying the head or decapitating animals because then the meat holds still. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/43 "2013-10-11T16:59:02Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > they do focus on destroying the head or decapitating animals because then the meat holds still. That explains why the one cat was trying to chew a hole in my skull at 3:00a.m. the one time. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/44 "2013-10-11T17:06:33Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Liver (color)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_(color)) Thanks, **Colibri**! I truly didn’t know, as liver is _ **not** _ on my list of favorite things to eat. ---
**Author:** ![slowlearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@slowlearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowlearner)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/45 "2013-10-12T01:38:27Z")
My old tom eats 4-5 cotton rats every week, he brings them in from the fields and dines on the porch right outside the back door. He eats every single delicious bite of the cotton rat except for that one danged organ which I throw over the fence for the fireants, and all these sixteen years that damn cat has owned me I’ve never identified what it is a cat won’t eat. ---
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/46 "2013-10-12T04:30:40Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Smurf remains? Good Kitty. Saucer of milk to wash it down? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/47 "2013-10-12T10:23:00Z")
> [@slowlearner](#): > > My old tom eats 4-5 cotton rats every week, he brings them in from the fields and dines on the porch right outside the back door. He eats every single delicious bite of the cotton rat except for that one danged organ which I throw over the fence for the fireants, and all these sixteen years that damn cat has owned me I’ve never identified what it is a cat won’t eat. Nice user name/post combo! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/48 "2013-10-12T21:59:28Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Quote without comment. Me-ow! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/49 "2013-10-12T22:52:49Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > [nitpick] > Feets > [/nitpick] [nitpicknitpick] \*\*\* they tiny feet\*\*\* [/nitpicknitpick] [Cite.](http://www.eatmousies.com/intro.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/50 "2013-10-13T00:02:59Z")
Perhaps the mouse was a meth addict and had consumed a lethal dose of the stuff made by that Heisenberg dude. ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/51 "2013-10-13T05:41:52Z")
I grew up with rodent-eating cats, and was mildly fascinated by what they wouldn’t eat. Apparently mice and voles were tasty, but rats were regarded as inedible. Rabbits were evidently delicious with the exception of their ears, nose, and hind legs (plus of course the shiny pouchy thing). I had one cat that ate _every_ bit of its prey, but always barfed it up again soon afterward. Biology classes in high school and college leave me thinking the part rejected by cats who know what they’re doing is the cecum. It’s not typically spherical or turquoise and usually looks more like a bean than a pea, but hey, language is imprecise and innards can vary in appearance. Here’s a link to a relevant discussion, with pictures: [name that organ](http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/name-that-organ/) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/52 "2013-10-14T01:59:46Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Liver’s aren’t blue (or spherical). They’re liver-colored. > [@JBDivmstr](#): > > And just _ **what** _ color is ‘liver colored’? 😕 > [@Colibri](#): > > [Liver (color)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_(color)) > [@JBDivmstr](#): > > Thanks, **Colibri**! > I truly didn’t know, as liver is _ **not** _ on my list of favorite things to eat. Loosely speaking, [mummy brown](http://www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and-death-of-mummy-brown.html)is the same color. And you said you don’t like to eat liver… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/53 "2013-10-14T02:38:09Z")
> [@Peregrine](#): > > I had one cat that ate _every_ bit of its prey, but always barfed it up again soon afterward Poor creature gave up its life for nothing. ☹ My cats are indoors-only and don’t hunt, but I’ve heard that the mouse liver has too much vitamin A for the cat to process, and they instinctively don’t eat it for this reason. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/54 "2013-10-14T04:22:15Z")
> [@Peregrine](#): > > I grew up with rodent-eating cats, and was mildly fascinated by what they wouldn’t eat. Apparently mice and voles were tasty, but rats were regarded as inedible. Rabbits were evidently delicious with the exception of their ears, nose, and hind legs (plus of course the shiny pouchy thing). I had one cat that ate _every_ bit of its prey, but always barfed it up again soon afterward. Biology classes in high school and college leave me thinking the part rejected by cats who know what they’re doing is the cecum. It’s not typically spherical or turquoise and usually looks more like a bean than a pea, but hey, language is imprecise and innards can vary in appearance. Here’s a link to a relevant discussion, with pictures: > > [name that organ](http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/name-that-organ/) That’s actually quite similar, apart from the colour. ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/55 "2013-10-14T04:23:40Z")
**nearwildheaven** : Except they do eat the liver. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/56 "2013-10-15T02:14:09Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > [nitpicknitpick] \*\*\* they tiny feet\*\*\* [/nitpicknitpick] > > [Cite.](http://www.eatmousies.com/intro.html) That is, quite possibly, the coolest Web site I have ever seen. Kudos to Kliban. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830/57 "2013-10-17T04:32:00Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > That explains why the one cat was trying to chew a hole in my skull at 3:00a.m. the one time. Stoopid cat. Yeah, tasty gooshyfood (i.e. braiiiins) might result… once… then no more gooshyfood and no more scritchies. ;). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-blue-and-lives-in-a-mouse/670830.md?page=2)