We can build a Haldron Collider but we can't build a better mousetrap

Over the summer, our mouser, Doublewide, put quite the dent in the local chipmunk population. We were a little ambivalent about that, but figured it was keeping her hunting instincts sharp for the upcoming indoor mouse-hunting season.

But apparently she considers herself a big-game hunter now, and can't be bothered with mere mice anymore.

Which is how I found myself at the Tractor Supply Company picking up a couple of Rodentex plastic traps this afternoon. I prefer the old-school Victor traps, but between them not making them like they used to, and my essential tremor, it can be quite an adventure to get them baited and set.

Hence these better mouse-traps, at four times the price.

Do they work?

Ya, but they only get the job half done. After thirty seconds the mouse comes to, and walks away with the trap stuck to its head.