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Thank You Mouse (53) More files... by Heidi and Hans-Jurgen Koch

A tribute to the lab mouse.
Every day in labs around the world a countless number of mice are used as medical research subjects. They have to suffer; they have to die for us. Recently, the mouse genome was completely decoded. Mice and humans have about 80% identical genes. An anonymous mass is running through the labs; mice are our representatives.

It is time to say 'Thank You'. Therefore we want to give them a face and an identitiy. We treated them as models to point out the individuality and personality. We just want to set a monument for these little heroes. - The Kochs

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00240160 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of eyes and nose© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240174 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of eyes© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240124 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of female cleaning her hind feet© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240166 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, holding food between its front feet© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240165 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three week old baby making contact with its first piece of corn© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240163 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, sitting and cleaning the fur between its legs© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240152 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of ears from the back© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240157 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of back, feet and tail of a mouse standing on its hind feet© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240153 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close of the right hind foot of a three week old mouse© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240149 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balb, three week old young, one laying over the other© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240145 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of mouse's right eye© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240147 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of mouse with normal eyes© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240146 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of eyes, nose, whiskers© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240123 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, couple sitting together, male on the right© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240156 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three sleepy three week old babies sitting together© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240171 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, two three week old babies, cleaning their feet and faces© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240172 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three week old baby cleaning its right hind foot© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240161 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, cleaning its snout and whiskers© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240148 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, mice family together© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, family showing different generations, standing on hind feet, excited and sniffing - Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240125 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, family showing different generations, standing on hind feet, excited and sniffing© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three week old young from two different mothers of the same family stick together, some cleaning their fur - Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240143 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three week old young from two different mothers of the same family stick together, some cleaning their fur© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three week old babies from two different mothers of the same family laying together - Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240129 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three week old babies from two different mothers of the same family laying together© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240130 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, one day old newborn with no hair and eyes closed, yawning, laying on its side© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240131 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, close up of the hind feet of a one day old, hairless newborn© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240132 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, back view of a one day old, hairless newborn© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240127 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, one day old baby, hairless with eyes closed, laying on its side sleeping© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, group of one day old infants laying together in their nest, the milk in their bellies is showing through their transparent skin, no fur, eyes closed - Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240128 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, group of one day old infants laying together in their nest, the milk in their bellies is showing through their transparent skin, no fur, eyes closed© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, portrait of eight day old baby with eyes still closed and fur starting to grow - Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240133 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, portrait of eight day old baby with eyes still closed and fur starting to grow© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240135 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, eight day old infant with fur starting to grow and eyes still closed© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240138 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, eight day old baby with eyes still closed and fur starting to grow© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, two 13 day old babies with their eyes still closed, one laying over the back of the other - Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240134 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, two 13 day old babies with their eyes still closed, one laying over the back of the other© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240136 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three 13 day old babies with eyes still closed, laying side by side© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240137 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, portrait of 16 day old baby with eyes still closed© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240140 Lab mouse (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, 19 day old baby has just opened his eyes for the first time© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240139 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three 13 day old babies with eyes still closed, one laying over the two others© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240142 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three week old babies being nursed by their mother in the nest© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240141 Lab mice (Mus musculus), tribe Balbc, three week old babies being nursed by their mother in the nest© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

Lab mice (Mus musculus), left tribe Balbc, right tribe C57bi, pair making first contact, sniffing at each others nose - Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch

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00240164 Lab mice (Mus musculus), left tribe Balbc, right tribe C57bi, pair making first contact, sniffing at each others nose© Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch