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Bless the gray mouse that found her way into the recycle bin. Bless her tiny body, no bigger than my thumb, huddled and numb against the hard side. Bless her bright eye, a frightened gleaming that opened to me and the nest she made from shredded paper, all I could offer. Bless her last hours alone under the lamp with food and water near. Bless this brief life I might have ended had she stayed hidden inside the insulation. Bless her body returned to earth, no more or less than any creature. "Prayer for a Field Mouse" by Pat Riviere-Seel. Text as published in Nothing Below but Air: Poems (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2014). Reprinted by permission of the poet. Art credit: "Wood Mouse [Field Mouse] in the Netherlands," photograph by Rasbak.
Even though the lifespan of a harvest mouse is just 18 months, its days are filled with adventures. Being Europe's smallest rodent, it is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail, giving it the ability to grasp plant stems as it moves through long vegetation. And probably no photographer has captured these little acrobats as well as Dean Mason from Dorset, United Kingdom.
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Even though the lifespan of a harvest mouse is just 18 months, its days are filled with adventures. Being Europe's smallest rodent, it is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail, giving it the ability to grasp plant stems as it moves through long vegetation. And probably no photographer has captured these little acrobats as well as Dean Mason from Dorset, United Kingdom.
The trio of tiny mice were photographed by Alex Meek, 31, near his home in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. At one point, the creatures looked like they were about to topple off the barley stalks.
from my tumblr blog
from my tumblr blog
Captive mouse taken on a small workshop at www.alexmeekphotography.co.uk/harvest-mice-workshops-2019
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Perched between two Wheat Ears Captive mouse in a natural set up we made
Another from the Harvest Mouse collection