https://www.boredpanda.com/mouse-tidying-garden-shed-night-pensioner-discovered-stephen-mckears/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

One day I emptied the tub out and spread the contents on the side – and the next day they were all back in again. I thought I was going mad.

72-year-old British man Stephen Mckears began to question his sanity when he started noticing objects had been moved around in his shed overnight. And they weren’t just being randomly placed, things like clips and screws were somehow finding themselves neatly packed back into a tub as if to chastise Mr. Mckears for his untidiness

Baffled but determined to solve the mystery, Mr. Mckears decided to empty out the tub and scatter its contents around. He was astonished to find that sure enough, everything was back in its place the next morning. Something was definitely afoot.

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIc-Eeh7IUY

mollwollfumble said:

https://www.boredpanda.com/mouse-tidying-garden-shed-night-pensioner-discovered-stephen-mckears/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

One day I emptied the tub out and spread the contents on the side – and the next day they were all back in again. I thought I was going mad.

72-year-old British man Stephen Mckears began to question his sanity when he started noticing objects had been moved around in his shed overnight. And they weren’t just being randomly placed, things like clips and screws were somehow finding themselves neatly packed back into a tub as if to chastise Mr. Mckears for his untidiness

Baffled but determined to solve the mystery, Mr. Mckears decided to empty out the tub and scatter its contents around. He was astonished to find that sure enough, everything was back in its place the next morning. Something was definitely afoot.

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIc-Eeh7IUY

I should post more threads. I posted this in chat and not one comment.

sarahs mum said:

I should post more threads. I posted this in chat and not one comment.

You should, I rarely read the chat threads, unless I’m avoiding study

Lary said:

sarahs mum said:

I should post more threads. I posted this in chat and not one comment.

You should, I rarely read the chat threads, unless I’m avoiding study

Still the only comments is me whinging and you seeing my whinge.

I did think people would be interested when I posted it. Even though I think the mouse is just working on nesting behaviours.

I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion
Has broken Nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle

sarahs mum said:

mollwollfumble said:

https://www.boredpanda.com/mouse-tidying-garden-shed-night-pensioner-discovered-stephen-mckears/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

One day I emptied the tub out and spread the contents on the side – and the next day they were all back in again. I thought I was going mad.

72-year-old British man Stephen Mckears began to question his sanity when he started noticing objects had been moved around in his shed overnight. And they weren’t just being randomly placed, things like clips and screws were somehow finding themselves neatly packed back into a tub as if to chastise Mr. Mckears for his untidiness

Baffled but determined to solve the mystery, Mr. Mckears decided to empty out the tub and scatter its contents around. He was astonished to find that sure enough, everything was back in its place the next morning. Something was definitely afoot.

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIc-Eeh7IUY

I should post more threads. I posted this in chat and not one comment.

It’s strange isn’t it.

Stranger than “The borrowers” and “Mrs Frisby and the rats of NIMH”

Not quite as strange as “The tailor of gloucester” by Beatrix Potter, where the mice complete the sewing of a garment left out overnight.

sarahs mum said:

I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion
Has broken Nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle

Thy wee bit heap o’ screws an’ shite
Has cost thee mony a weary night!
Now thou’s on video for a’ thy trouble,

esselte said:

sarahs mum said:

I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion
Has broken Nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle

Thy wee bit heap o’ screws an’ shite
Has cost thee mony a weary night!
Now thou’s on video for a’ thy trouble,

lovely. :) :)

sarahs mum said:

Lary said:

sarahs mum said:

I should post more threads. I posted this in chat and not one comment.

You should, I rarely read the chat threads, unless I’m avoiding study

Still the only comments is me whinging and you seeing my whinge.

I did think people would be interested when I posted it. Even though I think the mouse is just working on nesting behaviours.

I didn’t read it because there was no precis, and the link started with “bored panda” and I was very tired and needed to snoozle. Sorry to disappoint.

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

Lary said:

You should, I rarely read the chat threads, unless I’m avoiding study

Still the only comments is me whinging and you seeing my whinge.

I did think people would be interested when I posted it. Even though I think the mouse is just working on nesting behaviours.

I didn’t read it because there was no precis, and the link started with “bored panda” and I was very tired and needed to snoozle. Sorry to disappoint.

Fair enough.

You don’t trust me to post an interesting link. I understand. It wasn’t that interesting.

sarahs mum said:

Michael V said:

sarahs mum said:

Still the only comments is me whinging and you seeing my whinge.

I did think people would be interested when I posted it. Even though I think the mouse is just working on nesting behaviours.

I didn’t read it because there was no precis, and the link started with “bored panda” and I was very tired and needed to snoozle. Sorry to disappoint.

Fair enough.

You don’t trust me to post an interesting link. I understand. It wasn’t that interesting.

I usually click on your links but with my own links, always provide an idea of what they’re about, so people can decide if it tickles their fancy.

impressed

putting it’s nest back right

Be nice if they cleaned up their own shit in that manner.

Although I must say, my current mice leave little in the way of poo.

transition said:

impressed

putting it’s nest back right

But, the thing is, that isn’t its nest.

mollwollfumble said:

transition said:

impressed

putting it’s nest back right

But, the thing is, that isn’t its nest.

But the behaviour is like that of nesting.

sarahs mum said:

mollwollfumble said:

transition said:

impressed

putting it’s nest back right

But, the thing is, that isn’t its nest.

But the behaviour is like that of nesting.

I don’t think so. Nesting involves going great distances in search of specific items, such as grass or fibreglass. I think it’s more like:

A) Neatness, when it extends into compulsion, becomes the better-known obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD.
B) Going to work each day. Fixing the messes that other people have made of things.

This isn’t a nest. This is a workplace.

mollwollfumble said:

sarahs mum said:

mollwollfumble said:

But, the thing is, that isn’t its nest.

But the behaviour is like that of nesting.

I don’t think so. Nesting involves going great distances in search of specific items, such as grass or fibreglass. I think it’s more like:

A) Neatness, when it extends into compulsion, becomes the better-known obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD.
B) Going to work each day. Fixing the messes that other people have made of things.

This isn’t a nest. This is a workplace.

So we have here an obsessive compulsive disorder in a mouse. Shouldn’t we be looking for a cause? It could be significant research?

A) I assume this isn’t normal behavior for a “WILD” Mouse,
…otherwise it wouldn’t be news worthy.
B) Is this a reproducible phenomenon
C) Can he prove this isn’t a trained “Pet” and he’s having us on?
(Pull the other one, it plays ‘Jingle Bells’. >:-p )

I find it odd that if the mouse was merely concerned with clearing/cleaning his space
why didn’t he resort to simply dragging the objects to the edge
of the table and chucking it over the side?

Ogmog said:

A) I assume this isn’t normal behavior for a “WILD” Mouse,
…otherwise it wouldn’t be news worthy.
B) Is this a reproducible phenomenon
C) Can he prove this isn’t a trained “Pet” and he’s having us on?
(Pull the other one, it plays ‘Jingle Bells’. >:-p )

A trained mouse! like the one in Hunter?

Ogmog said:

I find it odd that if the mouse was merely concerned with clearing/cleaning his space
why didn’t he resort to simply dragging the objects to the edge
of the table and chucking it over the side?

then he would be acting like a cat.

• A trained mouse! like the one in Hunter?

Maybe it is a hyper intelligent pan dimensional being…

furious said:

• A trained mouse! like the one in Hunter?

Maybe it is a hyper intelligent pan dimensional being…

I saw what you did there: HHGTTG.

https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/307721/hanging-a-hammer-from-a-table-and-a-stick-so-that-its-midpoint-is-outside-of-the

PM2Ring is still around.

Michael V said:

furious said:

• A trained mouse! like the one in Hunter?

Maybe it is a hyper intelligent pan dimensional being…

I saw what you did there: HHGTTG.

Ah, that explains “the tailor of Gloucester” then.

>C) Can he prove this isn’t a trained “Pet” and he’s having us on?

yeah, it’s the internet.

a mouse with a bug in its head, making its near world conform to its mental map.

transition said:

>C) Can he prove this isn’t a trained “Pet” and he’s having us on?

yeah, it’s the internet.

a mouse with a bug in its head, making its near world conform to its mental map.

Thing’s name is Algernon.

sibeen said:

transition said:

>C) Can he prove this isn’t a trained “Pet” and he’s having us on?

yeah, it’s the internet.

a mouse with a bug in its head, making its near world conform to its mental map.

Thing’s name is Algernon.

That’s familiar from somewhere. Where is that familiar from?

Ah, “flowers for algenon”. “Two researchers at Beekman, Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss, are looking for a human test subject on whom to try a new surgical technique intended to increase intelligence. They have already performed the surgery on a mouse named Algernon, resulting in a dramatic improvement in his mental performance. … Algernon starts behaving erratically, loses his own enhanced intelligence, and dies.”

I see the connection.