If I posted this before my apology, but if not here's a few pictures of a Rube Goldberg Mouse Trap that's out in the barn.

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It's an old five gallon bucket, a Coke can, an axle and a ramp. A coating of peanut butter on the Coke can is a mouse magnet, they run up the ramp and the distance from the rim to can is just a little too far to reach so they jump to the can and it quickly goes over center and dumps them into the bucket where there's a few inches of water & antifreeze. The place I saw it said that the antifreeze was enough attraction, but the peanut butter seems to work. So far I haven't seen tracks showing that a mouse has rolled the can like a log roller in the water.

The current catch is pretty light, but a few days ago there were seven that tired of doing laps Just a fun little sideline that happened to work. I think Rube would have liked it!

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