The Burning Mouse Revenge Story

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The Burning Mouse Revenge Story

The rumor says that a man threw a live mouse into a burning pile of leaves, and the mouse got his revenge by running out of the pile of leaves and burning down the man's house.

The story is false!

In fact, no animal cruelty took place, but the truth still takes a backseat to the malicious rumor.

To begin with, the home owner's name is not Luciano Mares, but simply Chano Mares.

Just as important to the story if not more so, is the fact that the mouse was already dead when it was thrown onto the burning leaf pile.

If the mouse had been alive, and Mares was trying to catch it with his bare hands, he would have risked getting bitten, and expended a lot of unnecessary energy.

Mice are small, skittish rodents that are prey to many larger animals, so they have to be intune with their environment and move very quickly.

This means that a wild mouse is not going to sit around and allow itself to get grabbed by a human being, only to be tossed onto a pile of burning leaves, and then decide to run and burn down a house.

Simply setting a trap, or throwing, provided the person has accurate aim at a live mouse would succeed in killing it a lot quicker, and without expending so much energy and risk.

It is unclear how such a mundane story turned into an animal rights tale of mouse heroism. Mr. Mares's house did burn down, but it was not because of a vengeful mouse.

Only in folklore and children's fairy-tales can mice form the intent to cause revenge. They are not human, and cannot think the same way humans can.

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