Interesting Facts about Mouse Trap

Setting trap for catching animals is one of the primitive human practices. Traps were used for various purposes, like catching animals for food, securing surrounding inhabitant, protecting paddies and so on. In true sense Trap plays a significant defence instrument for common men. At present there are various types of traps available for use, but Traps for Rodent Infestation is more popular among them. Most of us love to watch Tom and Jerry TV cartoon series sitting beside kids and must have witnessed Tom’s trap setting scenes frequently. It’s really a good fun to watch, but nevertheless we try to know the history behind that kind of mouse trap. This type of mouse traps is known as “Little Nipper” and it was invented by a British named James Henry Atkinson way back in 1897. You would surprise to know some little known facts about Little Nipper.

“The Little Nipper slams shut in 38,000s of a second and that record has never been beaten. This is the design that has prevailed until today. This mousetrap has captured a sixty percent share of the British mousetrap market alone.” (Courtesy: About.com)  The evolution of mouse trap has some interesting chapters to scan. Later in 1920s, the snap-trap mouse trap technology had got a humane touch with Austin Kness’s All Multiple Catch mousetrap. All Multiple Catch mousetrap doesn’t use bait and snap trap, but very effective for catching several mice together. Let’s learn how Snap-Trap Little Nipper works.

Conventionally, Snap-Trap Little Nipper mousetrap uses a bait (Tom very often uses cheese as bait for catching Jerry) is placed right onto a spike on the hard wooden platform of the trap then a bar (spring loaded) is put through the hoop holding the arm of the trap, as the mouse places its paws onto the platform to reach the bait it triggers the sprung loaded arm to snap down on the mouse at the back of the neck thus breaking its back and killing it immediately.