{"id":2173443,"date":"2024-02-28T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2173443"},"modified":"2024-01-22T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:53:24","slug":"mouse-caught-tidying-mans-shed-every-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/mouse-caught-tidying-mans-shed-every-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Mouse Caught Tidying Man\u2019s Shed Every Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a small shed in Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, wildlife photographer Rodney Holbrook discovered an unlikely helper tidying up his workspace every night.<\/p>\n<p>For two months, Holbrook noticed that items he left out of place were mysteriously returned to their proper spots by the morning, so he decided to investigate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Mouse filmed tidying up man's shed every night\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLDPzQ42kws\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: Guardian News\/Youtube<\/p>\n<p>Holbrook set up a night vision camera on his workbench. The footage captured revealed the unexpected culprit behind the nightly tidying sessions \u2013 a diligent mouse, affectionately named the \u201cWelsh Tidy Mouse\u201d by Holbrook.<\/p>\n<p>The mouse, exhibiting an almost conscientious behavior, was observed gathering clothes pegs, corks, nuts, bolts, and other small objects scattered in the shed.<\/p>\n<p>The diligent rodent meticulously placed these items in a tray on Holbrook\u2019s workbench, reminiscent of a miniature cleaning crew.<\/p>\n<p>Amused and astonished, Holbrook experimented by leaving out different objects, but the mouse remained undeterred, even managing to carry cable ties to its designated spot.<\/p>\n<p>Holbrook, still in disbelief, shared, \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when I saw that the mouse was tidying up. He moved all sorts of things into the box, bits of plastic, nuts and bolts.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t bother to tidy up now, as I know he will see to it. I leave things out of the box, and they put it back in its place by the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Ninety-nine times out of 100, the mouse will tidy up throughout the night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onegreenplanet.org\/animals\/mouse-caught-tidying-mans-shed-every-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">article<\/a> by Trinity Sparke was first published by One Green Planet on 15 January 2024. 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