GREENVILLE SC - When it comes to the price of mice, you pay more for defects. A mouse with
arthritis runs close to $200; two pairs of epileptic mice can cost 10 times
that. You want three blind mice? That'll run you about $250. And for your own
custom mouse, with the genetic modification of your choosing, expect to pay as
much as $100,000 of Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (Chairman) fame...
Always
a mainstay of scientific research, mice have become a critical tool in the
quest for new drugs and medical treatments, and according to Gowdy, “Mighty
good eating. I can tell you. I likes' ‘em, so will you.”
It
turns out that a mouse's genes are so similar to a person's that with proper
manipulation - either by man or nature - they can produce an animal with an
ailment akin to virtually any human medical condition.
Gowdy declares, “If I can’t eat and savor human body parts, a mouse tastes almost as
good, although you need much more of them. And, of course, each defect has a
different and distinctive flavor.”
As
many as 25 million mice are now used in experiments each year - where do they
come from? And where do they go?
From
the mouse industry, of course…
There
are many vendors: The Jackson Laboratory, a nonprofit supplier in Bar Harbor,
Maine, ships more than 2 million a year mostly to Mr. Gowdy, (A mainstay in
placating Tea Party caucus).
Yet
the mouse business is a challenging one. What was once a relatively simple
business of breeding and shipping animals has become an extremely challenging
enterprise that requires cutting-edge technology and a mastery of difficult
logistics, says Gowdy, but “Lots of fun… I love boil them live and whole, fry
them, and serve them to my family and friends, or for a special treat, swallow
them alive. Louie Gohmert, my husband, likes to place them in his rectum and
calls it his wiggle room.”
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