I had a little bit of time today to sketch how I figured our houseguest mouse got the macadamia nut past the trap door. This is a view of the tunnel in a "Predator" trap, ominously named. It's also called a "Mini-Mouser". By either name, this is a non-lethal trap where the target mouse is expected to run through a tunnel with a trap door. When the mouse steps on the sensitive pad, a spring trigger sweeps the unaware rodent into a secure holding chamber. That's the theory, anyway. All we heard was the rattle of the macadamia nut bait as it was hauled along the entire length of the trap, and then the mouse and the nut disappeared into the night.
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