Duxtech writes –
“10bulls decides to invent to world’s greatest battery powered, stepper motor driven, PIC controlled, CNC built mouse trap to rid himself of a pesky rodent. A much Better mouse trap – The little Bugger Noel (Rhymes with Vole) even gets a special treat in the end…” – Link.
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- Life Size “Mouse Trap” – Link.
- A better mousetrap! – Link.
- HOW TO – Catch a mouse without a mousetrap – Link.
- Homemade humane mousetraps – Link.
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Massively over-engineered brilliance.
Of course, he could have just left the tube at a fairly steep angle and put butter halfway down. The mouse would have entered the tube, hit the butter and slid to the bottom, and remained there.
But that wouldn’t make a great story.
Noel the field mouse soon after had a companion (Carol) who we kept for a month or so. We don’t think they were ‘digging’ domestication, so I released them in some woods nearby with a healthy cache of peanuts to tide them over.
A Rudolf, Tinsel and Humbug were also caught which ended that current mouse incursion.
I have a pretty bad rat infestation in my allotment shed at the moment so who knows; there may be a ‘Better Rat Trap’ story next year.
(…unfortunately this may not have such a happy ending…for the rats that is).
Thanks for reading.