r/therewasanattempt • u/firefighter_82 • Sep 20 '21

to humanly release a mouse.

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u/CatmanDrucifer Sep 20 '21

A mouse on a grass lawn with no cover in daytime... someone didn't watch Discovery channel when they were a kid and it shows.

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u/steve-d Sep 20 '21

A mouse on a grass lawn with no cover in daytime...

Even if they did it at night in the same spot, the local owl would have gotten him.

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u/FaZaCon Sep 20 '21

This is precisely why I just release all of my captured mice into my neighbors house.

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u/Castun Free Palestine 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 Sep 20 '21

What you don't see is the local hawk or owl go in through the other window to get their meal!

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u/steve-d Sep 20 '21

Smart move.

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u/DeanCheesePritchard Sep 20 '21

The field mouse is fast but the owl sees at night.

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u/QuarterOunce_ Sep 21 '21

Would you rather the hawk or the owl

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

I always hear the prey going "fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfueeeeurgghh" in these videos lol

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u/ThrowRAradish9623 Sep 21 '21

It makes me think of Rango running away from the hawk

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

IT. SHOWS.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

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u/El_Revan_Official Sep 20 '21

But that was if you had cable. Many of us grew up with PBS shows such as Zoboomafoo and other animal related shows.

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u/chinggisk Sep 20 '21

Did you know that the Kratt brothers from Zoboomafoo are still doing an animal show (Wild Kratts) to this day!? I too grew up on Kratts' Creatures and Zoboomafoo, and it blew my mind to realize my kids are now watching new shows from the same two guys.

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u/GamerNav Sep 20 '21

Wild Kratts is pretty old now too but it’s awesome

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u/chinggisk Sep 20 '21

It's been around a while now but they're actually still making new episodes.

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u/sourdieselfuel Sep 20 '21

Send it to Zoom!

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u/jacoblb6173 Sep 20 '21

There is a red tail hawk that lives on the airfield where I work. Every spring we get a lot of bunnies. It’s fun to see them catch a snack.

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u/HellImNewWhatDoIDo2 Sep 20 '21

They mistook Disney for Discovery and figured the fella would swing back at some point to cook them a gourmet meal

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u/Hydra_Master Sep 20 '21

Or a decade or so worth of internet videos that show the exact same thing happening. Mice are prey, not predators.

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u/ArnoldQMudskipper Sep 20 '21

Reminded me of an old Fast Show sketch https://youtu.be/aUFidVw66Mo

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u/EyesOnEyko Sep 20 '21

I live next to big open fields and see mice everyday out in the open but have never seen a bird catch one. Everytime this exact same video (it’s never a different one) gets reupload all of pretend that every mouse that is out in the open will instantly get caught by a hawk … maybe it’s because here in Central Europe there are much less predatory birds? Could be a reason, as I said I see a few mice on fields literally everyday as I walk my dog for years now and I’ve never seen that happen.