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Saturday, June 6, 2015

THE TINY MOUSE AND THE DANDELION - The moment when a cute little harvest mouse climbs a dandelion and plays with the flower's delicate seeds

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Nature: The havest mouse managed to cling onto the top of the dandelion head

Martin Snelson, 33, captured the 55mm long rodent as it played among the flowers for an hour at Ashton-in-Makerfield in Wigan, UK.  The tiny creature was dwarfed by the flower and ended up covered in dandelion seeds as it rubbed its nose in the familiar white foliage.
 
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On the up: The adorable harvest mouse climbs the dandelion stem at  in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Cheshire
 
Mr Snelson, a maintenance engineer from Warrington, Cheshire, said he felt 'privileged' to photograph the mouse from just five feet away.  He said: 'Not very many people have the chance to see them in the wild, so to get to watch this mouse was a great honour.'
 
Time to play: The 55mm long animal rubbed its nose in the flower head sending dandelion seeds everywhere
 
Harvest mice are typically found in fields of cereal crops, such as wheat and oats, and are also found in tall ground vegetation, such as long grass.  It is the smallest European rodent - with many adults weighing as little as four grams.
 
Curious: After blowing all the dandelion seeds out, the tiny mouse bounded between two empty flower heads
 
Oops: The mouse appeared to slip as it bounded between the flower heads but soon managed to climb up
 
Are you looking at me? The little creature spent more than one our playing among the foliage in Cheshire
 
Gone all shy? Martin Snelson, 33, said it was a 'privilege' to capture the tiny harvest mouse on camera
 
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