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MOUSE CAUGHT ON CAMERA CLEANING A MAN’S SHED, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT

By Jennifer Hassan
January 8, 2024 at 8:39 a.m. EST
Video captures mouse tidying shed in Wales
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The camera in Rodney Holbrook’s shed in Powys, Wales, has captured video of a
mouse moving items and tidying up over the past few months. (Video: The Animal
News Agency, Photo: The Animal News Agency/The Animal News Agency)

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When the sun goes down, one mouse comes out of hiding. It scurries onto a table
inside the shed of 75-year-old Rodney Holbrook, and begins to tidy.

This mouse is small, but it is mighty. It picks up nails, cable ties — even a
screwdriver — with its tiny mouth and puts them away. One by one, it places each
piece into a tray.


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