Just because something is centuries-old, doesn't mean it doesn't work.
At the Museum of Rural Life in Reading, England this week, staff received a strange email: a dead mouse had been found in one of the museum's mousetraps. Not one of their regular museum mousetraps, but a 155-year-old mousetrap in the museums' gallery. It appears it had moved there for a little warmth and died not too long after.
The mousetrap was located near straw, wood, and textiles -- all of them huge draws for the beloved rodent. The mouse appears to have climbed through a little hole in the side, and the door to the trap closed shortly after, sealing the little mouse's fate. Unlike modern mousetraps, this one didn't come with cheese or peanut butter. The mouse was just irresistibly drawn.
The museum is currently considering keeping the dead mouse a permanent part of the museum's display. Sure, it's no Picasso, but who doesn't like a little taxidermied vermin?
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