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I set a mouse trap yesterday morning and last night went to check on it. The mouse that was caught in it was pretty much gone from being eaten by another mouse
by duck 15y ago
I set a mouse trap yesterday morning and last night went to check on it. The mouse that was caught in it was pretty much gone from being eaten by another mouse (which I'm guessing is the one that I caught this morning). I guess nobody told them about this study.
- burgerbrain 15y agoMice are pretty much just herbivores. I think you might something other than just mice to worry about...
- dimitar 15y agoI think he meant that the mouse was eaten by a rat. Rats are much bigger and hunt, kill and eat the similar but smaller mice. In fact there is a term for it: muricide. Rats also practice infanticide. So, yeah rodent morality is also complex.
- duck 15y agoNo, it was just another mouse. My original comment wasn't very clear, but I saw it running away when I came to check on the trap. My wife thought that was really gross, but then I reminded her of the time that we saw a seagull eating another smaller seagull while it was still alive and still walking. That topped everything I've seen.
- wooster 15y agoA brief bit of Googling suggests mice commonly eat other dead mice.