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Viral Vid of the Day: Man Releases Mouse Into the Wild…Only to See It Snatched By a Hawk Seconds Later

Jan. 11, 2013 8:38am Liz Klimas

It seemed to be an intrusive mouse’s lucky day. The man whose bunk the mouse chose to frequent regularly captured it live in a trash can and set it free outside, saving it from death should he have used a more traditional mouse trap.

Kind Man Frees Mouse Outside Only to See It Snatched by a Hawk

The man (Image: YouTube screenshot)

The mouse (Image: YouTube screenshot)

The mouse’s freedom — after escaping from the dirty trash can — was brief, though. He didn’t even make it a 100 yards from his kind capture before being promptly snatched by a hawk.

You can see the brown mouse scurrying away in the snow in the middle toward the top of this image. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

And then… (Image: YouTube screenshot)

“Oh no!” (Image: YouTube screenshot)

The footage of the unfortunate turn of events posted on Reddit with the title “guy at my school attempting to release a mouse into the wild” shows the kindhearted friend in military fatigues, suggesting he might attend a military academy.

He sweetly coaxes the mouse out of the can: “come on little buddy.” And even wishes him “good luck.”

Since we know what’s coming, the next line only adds salt to the wound. His friend filming asks “how do you feel kiddo?”

“I feel relieved,” the man said, “that he’s not going to wake me up in my bed anymore, crawling on my leg. But sad, you know, I just got to know him. And, uh … oh no.

“Oh nooo! Nooo! Are you kidding me? He didn’t last five minutes. I’m a terrible person. Oh, my gosh, let’s get out of here.”

The mouse can’t really catch a break — and it was all caught on film.

Check it out:

Of course, there is always the potential with computer graphics imagery that such a scene could have been faked (like the recent viral video that made it look like an eagle swooped down and picked up a child, which turned out to be the work of film students). Let us know if you think this video is real by taking our poll.

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Comments (165)

nonofmybiznez
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:44pm
I wouldn’t be surprised if they knew the hawk frequented the area and let the mouse go in hopes of getting such a video. I also wouldn’t be surprised if it was totally by accident.

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rsanchez1
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:37pm
What a poor idiot.

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Diane TX
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:18pm
Sorry guy. It must have been a “house” mouse.

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myway
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:15pm
I killed a rat yesterday.

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taxx
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:12pm
This story reminds me when Sean Hannity gave one of his radio show’s co-workers a Maine Lobster for a gift. The lobster comes alive and apparently she felt bad for the lobster and didn’t believe in killing/cooking food. She proceeded to take the lobster to the water’s edge and “freed” him. Mr. Hannity pointed out that she left the rubber bands on his claws and put him in fresh water ensuring that he would die a slow painful death instead of the quick one by being cooked.

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Karama
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:08pm
The guy in the video is not a bad person. No I am because this made me laugh. (Not because the mouse died but because of the irony of the situation.) I’m a bad bad person! I guess hawks have to eat too.

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1FreeVoice
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 12:03pm
Ecologically minded people gave great fondness for nature – except the food chain. Most of them don’t understand the nature they want to “protect”. One of the founders of the Sierra Club has been unhappy at how his group got hijacked by young rich kids rebelling against their (business minded) parents. The founders didn’t just “value” nature, they knew it, and lived, worked, played out there. Nature isn’t wilderness unless you are separated from it. In the early days of man, it was home.

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Diego Roswell
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:49am
Hawks win!

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makamae
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:47am
Pretty nice of this guy to feed that hawk…

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mlimberg
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:37am
The Hawk, it’s where Obama wants to be…..

AKA Darwinism…. the mouse was doomed when he fell in a trash can…. God wanted him, and he got him….

RIP.

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txannie
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:29am
Priceless! Absolutely priceless.

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YOURSENSEI
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:24am
This is what you must know:

That hawk reminds me of Obama sinking his talons into the Tea Party.

It is so.

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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:23am
Welcome to the real world. Your Bambi and Thumper days have ended.

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Centurian
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:23am
Ladies and gentlemen:

You just saw NATURE’s original AIR ASSAULT WEAPON!!!!

bwah ha ha ha!!!

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AppleAnnie
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 11:02am
A friend, a retired Nun, who is an avid animal lover, birds and rabbits, found mice were getting into her “feed room.” Being the animal lover that she is, she trapped the little critters, mice, and brought them out to a wood pile near her animal barn. She let the mice go, thinking she was doing them a huge kindness. One day she was bringing one of her “rescued” mice to the wood pile. And there waiting for her, its tongue flicking in anticipation, was a huge black snake. I guess he figured out the “free the mouse schedule” and was taking advantage of the dear Sister’s huge kindness for a tasty morsel…a mouse. I’m not sure of Sister saved any more mice for the snake.

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Gamaliel
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:56am
“I’m a terrible person.” Now, there’s a properly brainwashed young man!

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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:50am
Test.

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TelepromoterNChief
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:40am
Save a mouse, feed a bird.

Good day for all.

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OBAMALOG
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:37am
he shoulda let that mouse out at night. The owls need it more than the hawk. Owls will sue!

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LakewoodEd
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:24am
Reminds me of a story where an elementary school class nursed an injured bird back to health only to have a hawk swoop down and snatch as it was released.

I don’t think they had grief counselors then.

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Rashomon
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:23am
“Welcome to the jungle it gets worse here every day
Ya learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play”

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Carl McPherson
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:21am
When stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany in 1993 I bought 3 mice from a pet store in Bitburg. Was told they were all males. Well.. 3 months later I had 96 mice. I had to take them out into the forest and release them just like this guy did. I’m sure they didn’t make it through the night.

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Kupo
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:11am
Funnysad video, but Blaze, I think you need to re-evaluate when to use the word viral. 16k views does not a viral video make.

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Rashomon
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 10:05am
Welcome to the jungle it gets worse here every day
Ya learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play

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Landon410
Posted on January 11, 2013 at 9:46am
all I know is that if we didn’t have hawks that mouse would still be alive…..
we should ban hawks… make them illegal so to protect the innocent mouse

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