{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Why We Can't Have Mice Things","description":"A new article on i09 describes animal behaviorist John Calhoun's quest to create the perfect mouse city, complete with abundant food, recreation, and even rodent apartments.  Now referred to as the "Behavioral Sink", the utopian underground mouse habitat quickly degraded into an apocalypse, as the mice turned on one another and the bloated population died out.  Anthony and Jeff can't help but see parallels to modern life, but also take a moment to consider what kind of guy spends his time attempting to perfect rat cities.\r\nWe Have Concerns is entirely listener supported! To keep us ad-free and get early episodes\/bonus content, check out our Patreon: http:\/\/patreon.com\/wehaveconcerns\r\nHey! If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate\/review it on whatever service you use to listen. Here's the iTunes link: http:\/\/bit.ly\/wehaveconcerns And here's the Stitcher link: http:\/\/bit.ly\/stitcherwhc\r\nJeff on Twitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffcannata Anthony on Twitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/acarboni\r\nToday's story was sent in by QuantumSparkle: http:\/\/io9.com\/how-rats-turned-their-private-paradise-into-a-terrifyin-1687584457\r\nIf you've seen a story you think belongs on the show, send it to wehaveconcernsshow@gmail.com or leave it on the subreddit: http:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/wehaveconcerns","author_name":"We Have Concerns","author_url":"http:\/\/wehaveconcerns.com","html":"