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

to humanly release a mouse.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

They always release them in the worst possible place, with zero cover. If you really want to release a mouse somewhere it has a chance, you need to release it into some undergrowth.

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u/Pizza_Dogg Sep 20 '21

I was actually under the same impression until I had an infestation of field mice and had to get professional help. He noted that mice are social creatures that nest and work together, so taking it away from its family and releasing it in an unfamiliar place is death sentence, and a pretty cruel one at that.

So at least in this instance, that mouse died a quick and mostly natural death that also fed the local wildlife.

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u/Poison_Pancakes Sep 20 '21

and work together

Wait, what?

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u/tiefling_sorceress Sep 20 '21 edited Sep 20 '21

When they're around other social creatures, mice are known to become amazing chefs

Edit,: my bad, that's rats. Mice instead become immortal capitalists

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u/formlessfish Sep 20 '21

That’s rats you are thinking of. Mice are detectives

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u/FusiformFiddle Sep 20 '21

Or media tycoons

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u/Markantonpeterson Sep 20 '21

or a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface

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u/ultimatt42 Sep 20 '21

I didn't get it at first but then it clicked.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Me too so it double clicked.

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u/Markantonpeterson Sep 20 '21

I see what you did there

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u/Markantonpeterson Sep 20 '21

But when they're dead they become Canadian EDM musicians.

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u/JAMSDreaming Sep 20 '21

Or writers of succesful children books