By Regina Sienra on January 10, 2024

He’s tiny but mighty!

Most people would wince at the idea of a mouse entering their house and rummaging through their stuff. But for one man in Wales, this kind of break-in took a unique turn. Wildlife photographer Rodney Holbrook began noticing some strange occurrences in his shed. After leaving some objects out for the night on his desk, he would come the next day to find it all tidied up. A few weeks later, he found the culprit—a mouse.

At first, I noticed that some food that I was putting out for the birds was ending up in some old shoes I was storing in the shed, so I set up a camera,” Holbrook told the BBC. After spotting the tiny critter in action with the help of night vision footage, the man nicknamed the tiny creature as “Welsh Tidy Mouse.” Curious about the mouse’s abilities, he has even added different things to the desk to see if the rodent can lift them.

“Ninety nine times out of 100 the mouse will tidy up throughout the night. It is incredible really that they put them all back in the box, I think it’s possible that they enjoy it,” the man added. “I don’t bother to tidy up now, I leave things out of the box and they put it back in its place by the morning.”[…]

Photo: kyslynskyy/Depositphotos (Not a photo of the actual mouse.)

Source: Mouse Is Caught on Video Tidying Up a Man’s Shed Every Night