SGM-SPIEGEL - Striped Mouse
SGM-SPIEGEL - Striped Mouse
SGM-SPIEGEL - Striped Mouse
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By Adri Coetzee<br />
Hi, I am Adri and all the way from the<br />
office of Goegap Nature Reserve. I<br />
am here to do my research project.<br />
The first week was so much fun and<br />
lots to learn. Everyone at the<br />
research station were so helpful when<br />
I needed eo know something. At the<br />
end of the day it all came back to<br />
Maarten. He had to teach me all I<br />
needed to know about the mice. May<br />
I add: he did a pretty good job at that.<br />
Elena and I had to get the right grip<br />
for handling the mice. I was lucky to<br />
get it right the first week. After that<br />
came weighing, inspecting and<br />
painting them. Two weeks went by<br />
and then…… my first bite! I was<br />
stunned that a mouse so small could<br />
bite like that….. Yes I was bleeding.<br />
After that I did not want to see a<br />
mouse, but Maarten made me. I got<br />
myself a handglove to cover the mice<br />
especially the big scrotal males.<br />
Maarten always is making fun of me<br />
and my glove. Three weeks went by<br />
and then I was trapping all alone, the<br />
rest was on holiday. I was excited<br />
GETTING BITTEN BY MICE<br />
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and gained a lot of confidence. I<br />
painted a lot and some escaped but<br />
that is part of the job, I will trap them<br />
again tonight or tomorrow! I have<br />
trapped a lot of elephant shrews and<br />
bush karoo rats. Elena`s coffee and<br />
cookies kept me awake in between<br />
rounds in the mornings. Once a week<br />
I felt like a packhorse, because I had<br />
to move traps, needless to say:<br />
usually it is a lot of them! It has been<br />
two months now and my fascination<br />
with the mice still continues…..<br />
Adri Coetzee<br />
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