'Gucy' the vole ...
Mighty Mouse (field mouse 1)
I remember winning goldfish at the fair (mouse no.2)
Voles are active during the day and, rather embarrassingly, incontinent, leaving a trail of wee behind them. Their main predators, crows, can see their trails of pee and so voles tend to sprint in a straight line.
Mice, on the other hand forage at night and in order to put off hungry owls, they tend to leap in a zigzag pattern.
Our vole and mice demonstrated this beautifully when we released them.
Then we had a lesson on river safety and how to use the equipment...
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