The Telegraph have released amazing and very cute pictures of one of Britain’s most elusive wild creatures – the harvest mouse – as part of it’s earth pictures series.
Weighing in at around 4 grams (0.14 oz), the mouse is also one of the smallest animals found in the British countryside, and as wildlife photographer Marie-Luce Hubert (responsible for some of the pictures) admitted there’s no really easy way to take pictures in the wild except simply sit very still and wait.
Some of the pictures featured in the Telegraph were taken in a specially build studio especially those featuring baby mice, which were then released once the youngsters were old enough to survive in the real world. Others were photographed in the reads, hedgerows and corn fields of Britain and a couple in Europe – the natural habitat of the harvest mouse.
Harvest mice photographs in the Telegraph
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Wikipedia information on the Harvest Mouse
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