To set up the Mouse Trap board game, follow these steps:
A mouse trap works by using a bait to lure a mouse into a triggering mechanism, such as a spring-loaded metal bar, which snaps shut when the mouse touches it. This mechanism is designed to trap and kill the mouse instantly.
have 2 mouse traps on it and have them facing opposite directions. have strings attached to each mouse trap and have each string wrapped an opposite direction around the axle. then set it up to have one mouse trap trigger the other.
No, it is not illegal to set a mouse trap in California without a hunting license. Mouse traps are considered pest control devices and do not require a hunting license to use.
As a Former Zookeeper, I don't think a mouse in a trap would chew his leg off to escape. I used to work in an office that had sticky mouse traps. We would always find the mice bloody, damaged and alive =0(. The mouse would get stuck and struggle and as he pulled his head,leg or feet off from the sticky surface, the fur and skin would tear off and the mouse would bleed, but that was as far as the mouse got to self mutilation. Even when the Employees (viewed as Potential Predators to the mouse)approached, lifted or touched the stuck mouse, the mouse never attempted to bite his own limbs off. I do believe However, that after a set amount of time, starvation, desperation and insanity will kick in and the mouse may choose biting his limb off over remaining trapped (Cost Benefit analysis). Also, 1)circumstance plays a role- Is the mouse trapped with its baby mouse- does it have offspring waiting for it in the other room? Altruism- (self sacrifice for the welfare of relatives and those affecting the success of your genes being passed on) plays a huge role in the decision making of animals. 2)Intelligence is a key factor in animals decision making as well, and I do believe that animals with higher cognitive abilities such as ravens, dolphins, or even octopi, may opt for limb chewing (much sooner than the mouse)over being trapped. However, myself a professor of biology, trapped a mouse tonight. When I returned home, the trap was gone and I fully expected to find a mouse somewhere in the house where it had dragged the trap. Instead, I found the trap with a tiny paw, stuck inside. Contrary to the zookeepers answer, this mouse did chew off its paw to escape.
A rat trap is usually set off when a rat disturbs the bait or trigger mechanism, causing the trap to snap shut and catch the rat. The trap is designed to be sensitive enough to respond to even slight movements from the rat.
set a mouse trap
Well the object of the game is to trap the mouse so if the mouse keeps following where you are about to go, put the pillar in the middle of the trap. That way it distracts the mouse so he doesn't get in your way. Hope this helps. :)
A mouse trap works by using a bait to lure a mouse into a triggering mechanism, such as a spring-loaded metal bar, which snaps shut when the mouse touches it. This mechanism is designed to trap and kill the mouse instantly.
Get a cat or a mouse trap. Just be careful when you set it
When you pull back the spring.Mouse trap in its non-set state has zero potential energy. When you pull back the spring to set the trap you are storing the energy it took you to set the trap into the spring.
have 2 mouse traps on it and have them facing opposite directions. have strings attached to each mouse trap and have each string wrapped an opposite direction around the axle. then set it up to have one mouse trap trigger the other.
It might be if you are setting a trap that could injure or kill people. It probably is not illegal to set mouse traps.
No, it is not illegal to set a mouse trap in California without a hunting license. Mouse traps are considered pest control devices and do not require a hunting license to use.
it just barely steps on the trap and flinches right before it snaps.
You didn't say why the mouse traps weren't working for you. I once set a mouse trap, stepped back, and a shrew immediately came out from behind my hot water heater and approached the mouse trap. Once I saw how it behaved around the mouse trap, I changed my trapping technique, and I had much better success. The shrew approached the trap, and it quickly poked the trap several times with its snout in sort of a jabbing fashion as if the shrew was investigating the trap. When the trap was sitting by itself on a smooth linoleum floor, the trap tended to get pushed away, and the trap frequently tripped without catching the shrew. After that, I put something heavy behind the trap (a can of paint in my case), and my success rate was much much higher.
A dependent event is one that relies on something else to happen. For instance with a mouse trap the trap closing "depends" on the trigger being activated.
You can buy a mouse trap a store of put down poision blocks meant to kill mice and rats.