[News] Why Did The Dormouse Cross The Road ?

Eeyore

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Because he had a nice new rope bridge made for him...

Mini rope bridges built in Forest of Dean to help dormice

The solution comes after the removal of diseased ash trees left the rodents' habitats disconnected.

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In days of gloomy news everywhere, it's splendid to see conservation groups supporting nature in this great (greenish) land of ours

 

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I fukken love Dormice me. The cute little fukkas.

 

ExmouthExile

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To answer your question I would hazard a guess and say no particular reason as roads are man-made and not natural, I would conclude that doormice don’t have the intelligence or the ability to differentiate between a road or any other kind of hard terrain that is in their immediate vicinity.

 

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Thank you for that, you've brightened my day

 

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ExmouthExile said:

To answer your question I would hazard a guess and say no particular reason as roads are man-made and not natural, I would conclude that doormice don’t have the intelligence or the ability to differentiate between a road or any other kind of hard terrain that is in their immediate vicinity.

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Ah, but they are intelligent creatures. That's why they spend so much time off the ground as they are vulnerable to predation. These rope ladders will help them negotiate the open spaces caused by the trees that have had to be chopped down. They'll soon be using them.

 

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Eeyore said:

Because he had a nice new rope bridge made for him...

Mini rope bridges built in Forest of Dean to help dormice

The solution comes after the removal of diseased ash trees left the rodents' habitats disconnected.

www.bbc.com

In days of gloomy news everywhere, it's splendid to see conservation groups supporting nature in this great (greenish) land of ours

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Love this!

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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It's a sweet idea but isn't there a slight flaw in this plan?

 

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Kind of like the frog tunnels we have near Wiston House on the A283 Washington Road / Steyning By Pass....well cool!

 

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Tom Hark Preston Park said:

It's a sweet idea but isn't there a slight flaw in this plan?

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I think they're probably safer from predators up on the bridge/in the trees than they would be on the ground.

 

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Would be a nice place for a webcam!

 

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GT49er said:

Would be a nice place for a webcam!

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Only if spiders use the rope bridge as well.

 

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ExmouthExile said:

To answer your question I would hazard a guess and say no particular reason as roads are man-made and not natural, I would conclude that doormice don’t have the intelligence or the ability to differentiate between a road or any other kind of hard terrain that is in their immediate vicinity.

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Wrong thread. It wasn´t Joke de jour