Below are images captured by a StealthCam Prowler (model # STC-DVIRHD) trail camera on 18-20 and 24 April 2014. These images depict a sequence of events at a single trap starting with a rat checking out the trap at approximately 9:30 pm on Friday 18 April (Figure 1) and ending with a mongoose checking out the trap with a crab in it at 4:22 pm on Thursday 24 April (Figure 20). Each image has a date and time stamp and records ambient temperature. Click on each image to go to a page with a larger version of the image.
Figure 1. Rattus sp. climbing down the tree at the left of the trap. |
Figure 2. Mus musculus sitting on the trap door. |
Figure 3. The trap is empty early on 19 April 2014. |
Figure 4. A mongoose runs by the trap. |
Figure 5. Mongoose posing next to the trap. |
Figure 6. A mongoose checks out the trap. |
Figure 7. Mongoose tipping the trap. |
Figure 8. Mongoose leaves the scene of the crime. |
Figure 9. Mongoose reaching for the bait. |
Figure 10. Mongoose reaching for the bait - Part II. |
Figure 11. Mongoose stealing bait. |
Figure 12. Mongoose leaves with the bait. |
Figure 13. Mongoose checks out empty trap. |
Figure 14. Mongoose checks out empty trap again. |
Figure 15. Mongoose checks out empty yet trap again. |
Figure 16. Mongoose checks out empty trap one last time. |
Figure 17. New day and a newly baited trap. |
Figure 18. Mongoose steals the bait again. |
Figure 19. Mongoose gets caught in a trap with no bait. |
Figure 20. This time the crab gets the free lunch. |