This spring I got several young rats in my garage. They have probably stayed there some weeks eating the bred I used to feed the bird with last winter. Now when it was finished it was time to clean the garage of all mammals.
I owned a very nice mouse trap, a trap that would not kill the mouse. It was perfect for that job because the rats I had already seen had the size of a mouse.
It took just 15 minutes to hunt the first rat witch I put in a hamster cage.
It took eight hours for the second rat to reach the trap. During that time I recorded the whole progress in the garage on four channels. Two channels over the cage with the first rat and other two channels near the trap.
The following recording includes the moment when the rat got stuck in the trap and what happened when it realize the situation. Later on the rat in the cage starts to activate but during the night it was busy trying to find freedom.
Note: Do not play this loudly in the beginning. The trap is very loud when it pop the lock.
Rottugildra
Hér er á ferðinni upptaka af því þegar rotta er fönguð í búr, eins sem sést á myndini hér fyrir ofan.
Það var þegar búið að fanga eina og var sú höfð í hamstarbúri.
Tekið er upp á fjórar ráisr þar sem tvær rásir eru á gildruni og tvær yfir búrinu.
Athugið að spila upptökuna ekki á háum styrk fyrr en gildran er búinn að fanga rottuna því smellurinn er nokkuð hávær.
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Recorder. Sound devices 744 + 302
Mics. Audio Technica BP4025 + Sennheiser ME66
Pix. Canon EosM
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