The comforts of home are often interrupted by unpleasant surprises, and few situations are as undesirable as encountering a mouse.
The sense of intrusion and discomfort that this event brings is hard to ignore. When we come across rodents, dissatisfaction intensifies even more, as we know that these animals tend to move in groups.
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The finding of one of them becomes a warning sign that such a presence is just the tip of the iceberg, indicating the possible existence of an uninvited community nearby.
But, curiously, not always finding rats at home is synonymous with something negative. Even a recent and unusual event brought a totally satisfying feeling. On the occasion, the mouse brought with it a piece of history!
It turns out that a group of American historians found historical and valuable objects in a mouse's nest. Sound too awesome for you? So keep reading and understand this story!
Historic jewels were in the grip of rats
(Image: Reproduction/DANI JAWORSKI)
In the city of Williamsburg, in the state of Virginia, in the USA, the rodents appropriated personal objects of the residents of some houses and created an extensive collection of items that brought joy to historians.
Such items prove invaluable to researchers, offering answers about the customs of American citizens who inhabited the city in the past.
The variety of objects in these nests has helped researchers shed light on the daily lives of people at the time. An example was the discovery of a 19th century dinner fork in one of the nests.
Although it is a considerably heavy tool compared to the size of a mouse, it was surprisingly found in an ancient nest.
The way in which the items were located and the diversity of the pieces made scholars affectionately call the rodents “little archivists”.
Considering that the city's first inhabitants date back to the 17th century, there is palpable hope among researchers that there are still more relics, carefully selected by the ancestors of the rats current.
And oddly enough, associating rats with “collections” of antiques is not something new in the US. Approximately three decades ago, scholars in the country began to consider the importance of these animals' nests to make significant discoveries, such as that of Williamsburg. Unusual, isn't it?
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