>THIS is the moment a courageous mouse shows emergency-like responses by giving “mouse-to-mouse” CPR to a fellow rodent. >Scientists captured the human-like behaviour in a series of experiments which revealed that mice scurry to each other's aid when another falls unconscious. >Researchers believe the behaviour was instinctual rather than learned. >Mice were shown to release oxytocin, known as the love hormone, when going to aid their fallen friends. >The rattled rodents would also paw their patients, lick them and pull their tongues out to clear airways. >No mice were harmed in this experiment - the unconscious mice were temporarily placed under anaesthesia to see how their whiskered buddies would react. >The University of Southern California study was published in the journal of Science, and in more than half of the tests, the heroic “bystander” mouse pulled on their unconscious counterpart’s tongue, to enlarge their airway. >In cases where the passed out mouse had a small plastic ball in its mouth, its furry friend managed to extract the object 80% of the time before continuing its first-aid protocol. >The researchers said in the study: “These behaviours are reminiscent of how humans are taught to clear the airway of an unconscious individual during CPR.” . . Video in Source. [Archive](https://archive.today/xNxCX)