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lumberjack_jeff

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44. Ever heard of a pygmy owl?

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:09 PM

Jan 2013

About the size of a large robin.

A mouse was trapped in my garage, so I released it into the yard at dusk. The mouse got about 4 feet from my toes and suddenly disappeared beneath a small gray stone that wasn't there an instant before. The "stone" turned it's head (180 degrees like only owls can do) and looked at me as if to wonder how I ever got atop the food chain... and flew off with his heavy mousey burden.

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Mouse loses one friend and instantly makes another [View all] Buzz Clik Jan 2013 OP

Seriously. You should put a disclaimer about what happens to the mouse. CurtEastPoint Jan 2013 #1

It's actually written on the top of the pic from the video. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #4

You have GOT to be kidding! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2013 #11

Your sensitivity is truly inspiring. narnian60 Jan 2013 #18

Oh blah blah blah. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2013 #24

I know it's the order of things, I know it's only a mouse... narnian60 Jan 2013 #26

lol.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2013 #29

if handmade34 Jan 2013 #30

This is true. narnian60 Jan 2013 #31

Actually, I think it was a young rat Drahthaardogs Jan 2013 #58

OMG. FFS. Mice EXIST to, firstly, reproduce (which this one probably did many times) and kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #32

My grip is just fine, thank you. narnian60 Jan 2013 #35

It is a Disney movie. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #38

+1 Phlem Jan 2013 #55

Sorry that the reality of life isn't bubble wrapped to your standards. alphafemale Jan 2013 #40

That mouse needed a gun... Skidmore Jan 2013 #2

And, if no gun is handy.... Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #6

I've put mice, bugs, spiders, moths, and more out many times. onehandle Jan 2013 #3

I now live in an area where house invasions by a scorpion is common. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #25

I can be so humane as to not torture it before I kill it Taverner Jan 2013 #42

Such is life Glassunion Jan 2013 #5

The kid's reaction was classic: Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #9

He was not. He did the right thing and fed an animal of prey. Glassunion Jan 2013 #20

It was NOT, however, an undesired result for the hawk. It was a happy moment for him. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #33

The mouse however... My guess... Undesired result. Glassunion Jan 2013 #34

Hahahaha!! thats funny! poor mouse though :/ darkangel218 Jan 2013 #7

Nature is a brutal son of a bitch. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #8

That hawk was in heaven Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #12

Yeah, easiest meal he'll ever get. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #21

at least the hawk got to live another day, Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #10

Dunno. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #13

or lounge Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #16

I can see some political analogies.... marions ghost Jan 2013 #48

The Circle of Life, Everybody! nt MrScorpio Jan 2013 #14

That's probably why the mouse was inside in the first place. marybourg Jan 2013 #15

He seemed less than eager to leave the garbage can. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #17

Did you ever see the old movie Stalag 17? marions ghost Jan 2013 #49

Add one more replicate to that biological experiment. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #52

NOTICE WHO was in camoflage here....!!! marions ghost Jan 2013 #57

Cruel set up obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #19

Ashamed of what? Glassunion Jan 2013 #37

I essentially did that with a mouse I caught TlalocW Jan 2013 #22

Heehee - that was sad and funny at the same time. nc4bo Jan 2013 #23

AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! greytdemocrat Jan 2013 #27

Awwww poor guy poor mouse MuseRider Jan 2013 #28

ha! that was funny! smackd Jan 2013 #36

It's the circle of life..... and it moves us all...... (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #39

the disconnect from nature is so clear in the video and the thread Kali Jan 2013 #41

In my freshman year in college, MineralMan Jan 2013 #43

Ever heard of a pygmy owl? lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #44

Mrs. FSogol once caught a mouse in the garage, took it 10 feet out of the garage and released it. FSogol Jan 2013 #45

Update. It didn't end well. Glassunion Jan 2013 #46

Ouch! A New York hawk meets a Minnesota car. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #47

The responses on this thread are CLASSIC! CTyankee Jan 2013 #50

The mouse didn't have a gun??? L0oniX Jan 2013 #51

Another friggin' assault rifle! Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #53

Mighty Mouse thinks those gun nut mice are cowards. L0oniX Jan 2013 #54

.. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #56