Whoever built this engineering marvel was pretty clever but, as Rob shows, the mice were probably even smarter as you don't see these things around today.
Rusty it may be, shows how great it was crafted to still work so nicely. Art, science, and technology at its finest. Simple. A restoration would be cool, maybe I'll build on3 =). The only problem I would find is people. Tho that would be a benefit to your market choice. Farms, offices, industrial sites. Better than having sticky traps and conventional rat traps laying everywhere that might not even kill them instantly. This could be a product that offers a better way to dispose and capture said vermin. While also looking decorative and something that part of the room and not leaving it looking like a mess. My idea!!! I want credit and allow me to help with it =) to whomever reads this.
If only you knew there’s actually supposed to be water in that tank so they drown. I follow Shawn Woods on here he does MouseTrapMondays look him up he has great content
@@jonf1767 Ye, the `humane` part of my statement was in brackets for a reason : ). I still think it shows an understanding born of experience. It`s kind of a social statement considering the conditions people lived in back then. Today, we see rats and mice in this country in a much less accepting way; dealing with them more remotely with pest control companies. We no longer experience vermin so passively at play or damaging property on such a day to day level.
Seems clever and the engineering is quite remarkable BUT multiple mice in a tight confined space get extremely stressed and often resort to cannibalism.
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
@@steveanton763 I watched this as a kid in Germany, really inspired me and broadened my mind. Many things they showed that seem trivial and mundane today, seemed like magic back then.
@@favoritemustard3542 I still love everything about science - which is way cooler than magic - and this show is kinda responsible for science communicaton being part of my job today. Kids wanna be inspired!
Upon looking this up, the final container that the mice get trapped in was meant to be filled with water to drown the mice. So it's actually not as humane as portrayed.
@@tristanmartinez4023 That's not a legitimate comparison. Firearms were designed to kill, whereas this mouse trap was designed to capture mice humanely. At best, this mouse trap is more comparable to a taser gun or pepper spray (if we're using weapons for comparison). Even a knife has non-lethal applications (as a tool).
For some reason I used to love this episode as a kid and I'm nearly 40 years old now, but my kids will soon be old enough for me to show them these videos! My other favourite episodes included the optical illusion where one of you became very tall and the other very small. Deane also demonstrated it on Hey Hey and I think Questacon had it for a while as well.
For some reason? I would think you loved this show for the same reason we all loved it. It was well presented and the presenters made science fun. I've often thought that this show had a lot to do with my life long love of everything "science". ✌️🇦🇺
Accounting for the fact that I am responding 1 year later, I am over ten years older than you and I loved this show as a kid....including the funny stuff that happened when things were being explained....this show definitely helped with my 'curiosity' when learning everything I did...culminating in university education majoring in philosophy
It’s amazing that this design seems legit much better than many current designs, the fact it’s both non lethal and resets itself to catch multiple in a day while unchecked is awesome I want one xD
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Often, when you have one mouse you have several others nearby. A regular spring trap can only catch one at a time, so I appreciate being able to catch the whole lot of them without resetting. You'll only need one bait and one trap.
Have to check it relatively frequently though, because more than 2 mice in that small container and they will very quickly start to attack and eat each other once they start starving. Horrific to not check it, better off using an instant kill trap if you aren't going to frequently check it to go dump them.
Not to mention that in the spring traps, any others around will watch their buddies get snapped and know to stay away from them. We had some rats in the house last year that wouldn't touch the traps anymore after this happened, so we had to switch to another kind.
@@rdizzy1 I believe you're supposed to fill the tank with water so they drop down and drown. Not exactly a fun time, but probably better than starvation into cannibalism
@@Jackhafey ruclips.net/video/7Wdoj6Rb9z8/видео.html check out the roller traps. They work very well and can be built out of anything. Pad the bottom to catch them or fill with water to eliminate.
Two things. 1) If this was used outdoors, it seems like it would rust up in no time. 2) If the trap was not checked very regularly, like every other day at minimum I imagine, if it caught more than one mouse, would the mice start canabalizing one another inside of it or mice don't resort to that and would all starve to death instead?
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Many thanks to Dean and Rob for all those wonderfull and interesting "Curiosiyt Show"-Episodes. I watched them in german, in Austria (back in the 80ies).
Many thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
I allready subscribed! btw.: I loved that "chicken hypnotist"-trick you once showed on CS. It was about putting a chicken on its back and then stroking the chicken with one finger, from its beak to its lower end, and after that it would quietly stay in place without getting up. I tried it many times as child. How exactly is this reflex called? Couldnt find much about it.
I was going to reply "oh that's sad." but after a bit of thought...this video is pretty dope. ^^ Even though my day was absolutely fine and all, i think it was also my best 3:30 minutes of the day. So far. :p These guys always deliver with their videos. It's often the best minutes of a day you can have.
Looks like someone needs a little more science. A mouse can be dropped from the height of an elephant with no ill effects; while an elephant can not be dropped from the height of a mouse without causing damage. Hypothesise as to why this is the case, (you can solve it with just gravity and mathematics.)
The catching part works the same. But if you want the mice to survive, then they need to be separated from eachother. ruclips.net/video/cNWJIkjOupg/видео.html
It is true, and I wouldn't mind so much if the other mice were not such messy eaters, cleaning out your traps is a real pain. But the solution to prevent the fighting is a easy as a few inches of water. (the guy in the video did not mention that the holding chamber is water tight in most traps of this design)
I'm into Fitness IS true. I used to raise mice to feed to my snakes and yes...they will eat each other. Sometimes a mother will actually even eat her own babies.
Interesting device. Although a little messy and far from humane, I find the simple snap trap to be the most effective mouse trap. I thought of one though, when I saw a two foot tall pickle jar with the top curved in. Simply put bait around the inside top of the jar and a ramp leading up to the top. They fall in, and because of the shape and size of the jar, they can't get out. I didn't try it, as I didn't want to eat that many pickles to get the jar.
I worked for over 20 years in the pest control business, and I agree that snap traps are the best method. Some people may object to the kill factor, but as a professional, I couldn't let sentimentality get in the way of doing my job. And I had no desire to do anything with mice that stayed outside where they belonged.
We've done similar with a board leading up to a bucket. You put a roller over the bucket with some peanut butter on it, the mouse has to jump onto the roller to get the bait and is rolled into the bucket. By far the only surefire measure of catching mice that I know of is having a cat that is a good mouser. It seems like mice get more clever with each generation and are really good at unbaiting or otherwise circumnavigating traps.
I saw this trap recently, displayed in a mouse trap exhibition of sorts in a historical german town, where it was called the tower of death, usually you would fill the reservoir in the back with water so the mouse would drown.
Thanks for that. It looks as though the one he shows is based on my very old German one, and he virtually says as much. I can't check on mine as it has long since gone back to its owner - Rob
It's called the Trump administration. Have you seen the number of people fired or resigning ? None of them is welcome anywhere.. Look at "Sean Spicer"...
This is the most german thing I‘ve ever seen. Perfectly engineered but way too complicated and by this, way to expensive. It‘s like a Tiger tank against a Sherman or a T-34
Exactly, German Overthinking. Btw. It says, put some flour inside. Maybe it is not in use anymore, since it is to expensve and 1€ traps do the trick also. .. and beside, if it gets a bit messy, you can just throw it away, it is not a huge loss then.
I got the impression from one of your comments that you (the person hosting this RUclips) channel were also involved in the original program nearly 40 years ago? Is it true?
Yes, both Deane and I are hosting it and, since we own the program, put up 3 segments per week. For info: Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe? - Rob
That's exciting. It's great to have this sort of content available in any case, but having access to the original creators is really something. When I first saw the graphic intro I wondered whether it was made to look old (Stranger Things style) or genuinely a product of my childhood years. Then I saw an episode with a "microcomputer" and ceased wondering. I never knew this program as a child (in the US), but it reminds me very much of an American program called Mr. Wizard's World, which I believe was popular over here. Thanks for your work then and now, and thanks for the reply.
CuriosityShow Thank you for doing this, your show is amazing and I love that it will be preserved for good programming for people of all ages for the future.
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Deane is, I'm pretty sure he is uploading these clips for us. I'm not sure about Dr.Rob though. Edit: I found an article about them dated last year, so I think Rob is still with us too, but Prof. Rob now. www.theherald.com.au/story/4761200/the-golden-years-of-curious-television/
Both of us (Deane and Rob) run this ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow site and we are steadily uploading the shows, segment by segment. There are also 2 DVD already out of some favourite segments (listing what you need to make and do them) with another about to be released - Rob
Thank goodness. ....eye hope eye didn't offend.......just wondered since the show and scenery seems old school. Thank you kindly for swift response. 👉💜👈
Just FYI, this video has a very high frequency tone that plays through the whole thing that is very uncomfortable for me to listen to. I had to stop watching after one minute because I couldn't handle it anymore. I would have sent this as a private message but I couldn't see how to do that. I like that you are uploading these! They are fun and informative.
I hear the sound too, not sure if it's possible to fix this though. All the footage on the channel(or most of what I've seen) has a pretty high pitched hum in the background playing as well.
We’re so arrogant to think of ourselves as the enlightened bringers of all knowledge and everyone before us as savages. Ancient man was far more intelligent and clever than we give him credit for
Jack Kraken yes I’m sure you invented the toilet and comprehend all of the manufacturing infrastructure and product development it takes to make it happen. I’m sure if you were picked up and plopped into ancient times you would singlehandedly be able to create a replica of modern times. You’re standing on the shoulders of thousands of generations of giants, mate, show some appreciation for it
@ Noah Griffith: I think you misunderstood my point, I would rather live in this day an age than most times in the distant human past, for all these innovations of the past that we marvel at today there are many, many bad things that were going on at the same time. Sure for many, this time still sucks, but it could be so much worse. We need to have context when admiring the past otherwise we tend to the ignore all the bad stuff.
There needs to be a museum or an art gallery displaying these things. I made a long box with a clear plastic top. A hinged up door on the end was held up by the end of a wire. The other end of the wire was on the fulcrum of a see-saw. As the mouse travelled over the fulcrum to get to the food the door came down and trapped the mouse inside. The next morning I would take it to the park. This sounds humane but in the park they got attacked by birds. My trap didn't reset like this lovely one but I did have a rubber stamp of mouse which I printed on the side for each mouse caught, like the old WW2 bombers. The joy for me was in the making. Thank you for this, it brought back memories.
I would love to see a restoration of that trap, those rusty mechanisms aren't working as smoothly as they should.
Rusty it may be, shows how great it was crafted to still work so nicely. Art, science, and technology at its finest. Simple. A restoration would be cool, maybe I'll build on3 =).
The only problem I would find is people. Tho that would be a benefit to your market choice. Farms, offices, industrial sites. Better than having sticky traps and conventional rat traps laying everywhere that might not even kill them instantly.
This could be a product that offers a better way to dispose and capture said vermin. While also looking decorative and something that part of the room and not leaving it looking like a mess.
My idea!!! I want credit and allow me to help with it =) to whomever reads this.
@@leandroagonzalez3 not ideas but innovations are credited.
What a 2022 thing to nit pick about
Mouse trap Monday, showed a trap like this a while back
@@Eduardo_Espinoza hmm I'll check them out thanks =)
It shows mechanical ingenuity of course but, it also shows a brilliant understanding of mouse behaviour. Beautifully constructed and `humane`.
If only you knew there’s actually supposed to be water in that tank so they drown. I follow Shawn Woods on here he does MouseTrapMondays look him up he has great content
@@jonf1767 Ye, the `humane` part of my statement was in brackets for a reason : ). I still think it shows an understanding born of experience. It`s kind of a social statement considering the conditions people lived in back then. Today, we see rats and mice in this country in a much less accepting way; dealing with them more remotely with pest control companies. We no longer experience vermin so passively at play or damaging property on such a day to day level.
"brilliant understanding of mouse behavior"
It was just a miniaturized Nazi era trap.
Then of course on the opposite end of things you have this thefactsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/031-Mousetrap-1.jpg
German engineering
When you need it most in a ... er mousetrap.
There were much cheaper to make mouse traps that were equally effective
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@@cadederrick6751 #triggered
Made by Bavarian Mouse Works!
That is way too clever
Thurnis Haley ikr👍
Expected from Germans
How did they manage to loose two world wars, inventing stuff like this?!!
@@geemail369 the German tanks were worth 4 American tanks. But the Americans always had 5. Plus Hitler was a dumb ass
Seems clever and the engineering is quite remarkable BUT multiple mice in a tight confined space get extremely stressed and often resort to cannibalism.
Thanks for the uploads guys. Loved your show as a kid and it’s still as interesting as an adult!
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in
Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from 1972-1990.
Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house (like old
cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials they had
to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International, the
world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily
uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
@@CuriosityShow This was my favourite show as a kid in Australia in the 80s. It was only on Friday. Thanks for the upload.
@@steveanton763 I watched this as a kid in Germany, really inspired me and broadened my mind. Many things they showed that seem trivial and mundane today, seemed like magic back then.
@@Coastfog 🎶Do you (still) believe in magic‽🎶
Wish they'd syndicated in the States...
@@favoritemustard3542 I still love everything about science - which is way cooler than magic - and this show is kinda responsible for science communicaton being part of my job today. Kids wanna be inspired!
I'm surprised this ancient mouse trap is so humane. I appreciate that.
@@gratler
That's not the fault of this humane trap; that's the fault of the individual and their sick sadism.
@@JanetStarChild exactly.
Same thing with guns. Lunatics blame the guns instead of the criminals using them to commit crimes
Upon looking this up, the final container that the mice get trapped in was meant to be filled with water to drown the mice. So it's actually not as humane as portrayed.
@@tristanmartinez4023
That's not a legitimate comparison. Firearms were designed to kill, whereas this mouse trap was designed to capture mice humanely. At best, this mouse trap is more comparable to a taser gun or pepper spray (if we're using weapons for comparison).
Even a knife has non-lethal applications (as a tool).
@@SCATTERBRAIN222
Well then that's strait-up awful.
Of course, filling it with water is optional.
Do they make those contraptions in "pesky neighbor" size?
I’d need two
I believe HH Holmes built a hotel for that. Lol
@@thelearicist no, only one, remember it sets itself up
@@thsbh2 🤣🤣 good call
funny
For some reason I used to love this episode as a kid and I'm nearly 40 years old now, but my kids will soon be old enough for me to show them these videos!
My other favourite episodes included the optical illusion where one of you became very tall and the other very small. Deane also demonstrated it on Hey Hey and I think Questacon had it for a while as well.
Yes, that is the Ames room - a terrific illusion - Rob
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For some reason? I would think you loved this show for the same reason we all loved it. It was well presented and the presenters made science fun. I've often thought that this show had a lot to do with my life long love of everything "science". ✌️🇦🇺
Accounting for the fact that I am responding 1 year later, I am over ten years older than you and I loved this show as a kid....including the funny stuff that happened when things were being explained....this show definitely helped with my 'curiosity' when learning everything I did...culminating in university education majoring in philosophy
I love the stylization of this show. It perfectly encapsulates its time period
@@fkitsnobu Okay, and? You say that like I couldn't tell. That's the exact reason why I commented what I did
It’s amazing that this design seems legit much better than many current designs, the fact it’s both non lethal and resets itself to catch multiple in a day while unchecked is awesome
I want one xD
The design is what's ingenuous, but the mechanics are actually very simple. Just build one yourself.
I used to ride my bike fast home from school to watch this show. I had to cover about 6 kms in 30 mins.
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a
national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane
Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in
Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from
1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house
(like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials
they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International,
the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily
uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Thank you for using real mice its nice to actually show how this product works
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a
national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane
Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in
Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from
1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house
(like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials
they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International,
the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily
uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Goodness me, what an amazing gadget! And a fantastic demonstration by you Rob! I was fixated on your explanation the whole way through.
Great, thanks, lots more at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow - please spread the word- Rob
As Rob tipped the first mouse out of the box in the end it appeared as if that mouse thought, "What the hell just happened then!?"
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a
national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane
Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in
Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from
1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house
(like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials
they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International,
the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily
uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
and inside the last chamber is a "SHOWER"
That is so jacked up but funny
loool
It was actually a bath.
I will be strong and not “thumbs up” this comment
@@daveythehand4964 we have ways to make you up your thumb, you do know this?
What a cruddy mousetrap, it doesn't even launch a plastic army man into a bath tub...
Often, when you have one mouse you have several others nearby. A regular spring trap can only catch one at a time, so I appreciate being able to catch the whole lot of them without resetting. You'll only need one bait and one trap.
Have to check it relatively frequently though, because more than 2 mice in that small container and they will very quickly start to attack and eat each other once they start starving. Horrific to not check it, better off using an instant kill trap if you aren't going to frequently check it to go dump them.
I caught two rats with one trap at the same time.
Not to mention that in the spring traps, any others around will watch their buddies get snapped and know to stay away from them. We had some rats in the house last year that wouldn't touch the traps anymore after this happened, so we had to switch to another kind.
@@rdizzy1 I believe you're supposed to fill the tank with water so they drop down and drown. Not exactly a fun time, but probably better than starvation into cannibalism
I'm not using my stinky sausage as mouse bait, pal!
You can just eat it after since the mice can't get it
LOL
"When he reaches the second floor he is asked to fill out a form waiving his rights to an attorney"
I saw the Mousetrap Monday guy break down one of these once. Awesome trap.
"OR DISPOSE OF THEM ANY WAY YOU SEE FIT"
Dark stuff...
dude, wtf do you think mousetraps were invented for?
Which psychopath designed this?
I love it
a german
it's simply a scaled-down beschützer menschenfalle
goebbles
Sylvester
Why would a psychopath invent a humane trap?
The mouse is like: "I'm still hungry".
Genius and humane.... two things you don’t find mutually exclusive very often. Hats off to whom ever came up with this.
Recently discovered this show, and it never fails to delight. Also I have a special place in my heart for mice so I liked that ending.
I would have loved a modern version of this. The sticky traps I had to use will make me forever remember the three baby mice stuck on there.
Just take the sticky trap and place it on an ant hill, they will dispose of the babies for you.
Watching this in 2022 and thinking about making a 3d printed version of this to dispose of mice humanely
@@Jackhafey ruclips.net/video/7Wdoj6Rb9z8/видео.html check out the roller traps. They work very well and can be built out of anything. Pad the bottom to catch them or fill with water to eliminate.
This time, the mouse enjoyed being trapped.
Two things.
1) If this was used outdoors, it seems like it would rust up in no time.
2) If the trap was not checked very regularly, like every other day at minimum I imagine, if it caught more than one mouse, would the mice start canabalizing one another inside of it or mice don't resort to that and would all starve to death instead?
Once again, suddenly in everybody's recommendations, huh? Reply if you're reading this in September 2018.
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a
national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane
Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in
Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from
1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house
(like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials
they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International,
the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily
uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
Yep
Im watching this From the "Future September 2098 to be precise" I don't suppose you know the whereabouts of a certain Individual named, John Connor, ?
Please leave a reply, Don't Worry, I'll be Back,
Yup.
Many thanks to Dean and Rob for all those wonderfull and interesting "Curiosiyt Show"-Episodes. I watched them in german, in Austria (back in the 80ies).
Many thanks. Curiosity Show was a
national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane
Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in
Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from
1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house
(like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials
they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International,
the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily
uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
I allready subscribed!
btw.: I loved that "chicken hypnotist"-trick you once showed on CS.
It was about putting a chicken on its back and then stroking the chicken with one finger, from its beak to its lower end, and after that it would quietly stay in place without getting up. I tried it many times as child.
How exactly is this reflex called?
Couldnt find much about it.
A dude made a lid for buckets for mice to fall in and drown. Pretty much the best trap ever made.
The best part is it resets itself. If they made these brand new now I would buy some. I bet alot of other people would too.
Cats are an older version of a mousetrap and you don't have to empty the mice when full. .
TMoD7007 Good point.
TMoD7007 No...as a city dweller we just have 12 inch long rats.
litter tray ? what about letting your cat defecate outdoor...
You don't have to empty anything for sure, but you do have to clean up mice guts.
....keep them as pets! I love this concept. Mice are funny creatures, but as most animals, savage.
Perhaps the best 3:30 minutes of my day today. Thanks!
I was going to reply "oh that's sad." but after a bit of thought...this video is pretty dope. ^^
Even though my day was absolutely fine and all, i think it was also my best 3:30 minutes of the day. So far. :p
These guys always deliver with their videos. It's often the best minutes of a day you can have.
Brilliant. A mouse trap that doubles as a mouse activity centre. genius.
The mouse must drive the wheel to get more green energy
Ah. The days when you could break a mouse's legs on a kids' TV show.
I know lol.
That mouse looked fucked up.
Looks like someone needs a little more science. A mouse can be dropped from the height of an elephant with no ill effects; while an elephant can not be dropped from the height of a mouse without causing damage. Hypothesise as to why this is the case, (you can solve it with just gravity and mathematics.)
Reckless Roges, age 16, IQ of 105. Avid reader of r/atheism.
Yep back then weinsten was feeling up a bakers dozen of mice a week.🐁
The green pepe people are not the smartest
Works for pet mice. Mice in the wild would kill eachother if kept together in a small space.
The catching part works the same. But if you want the mice to survive, then they need to be separated from eachother.
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I see nothing wrong with that
they wrote "no fighting" on the wall of the small box. and problem solved.🤗
It is true, and I wouldn't mind so much if the other mice were not such messy eaters, cleaning out your traps is a real pain. But the solution to prevent the fighting is a easy as a few inches of water. (the guy in the video did not mention that the holding chamber is water tight in most traps of this design)
I'm into Fitness IS true. I used to raise mice to feed to my snakes and yes...they will eat each other. Sometimes a mother will actually even eat her own babies.
This one is so much better in my opinion, no mouse are killed or harmed, designed to just capture them.
Very cool, even if it's not actually "ancient."
Loved the mouse's broken back legs when tipped out
Rube Goldberg mouse trap
Textbook German engineering: Over designed, too many complex moving parts,and prone to early failure. I enjoyed the presentation - well done!
The mouse at the end;
"THANKS FOR PARALYZING ME BOB APPRECIATE IT!"
Interesting device. Although a little messy and far from humane, I find the simple snap trap to be the most effective mouse trap. I thought of one though, when I saw a two foot tall pickle jar with the top curved in. Simply put bait around the inside top of the jar and a ramp leading up to the top. They fall in, and because of the shape and size of the jar, they can't get out. I didn't try it, as I didn't want to eat that many pickles to get the jar.
I worked for over 20 years in the pest control business, and I agree that snap traps are the best method. Some people may object to the kill factor, but as a professional, I couldn't let sentimentality get in the way of doing my job. And I had no desire to do anything with mice that stayed outside where they belonged.
We've done similar with a board leading up to a bucket. You put a roller over the bucket with some peanut butter on it, the mouse has to jump onto the roller to get the bait and is rolled into the bucket.
By far the only surefire measure of catching mice that I know of is having a cat that is a good mouser. It seems like mice get more clever with each generation and are really good at unbaiting or otherwise circumnavigating traps.
@@garretteverett2613 True, can't beat a good cat.
Reminds me of something.... Oh yes now I remember.
"keep them as pets" that made me happy to hear
One of them videos that makes me think WTF am I doing with my life
I think this one is kinda cool. Most traps are meant for killing so it’s interesting to see one that isn’t.
Kinda, Im guessing these got left long enough that the mice in the final box died / ate each other =/
The reservoir was probably meant to be filled with water. People using this contraption were likely not looking to save the mice, unfortunately.
I saw this trap recently, displayed in a mouse trap exhibition of sorts in a historical german town, where it was called the tower of death, usually you would fill the reservoir in the back with water so the mouse would drown.
"Dispose them, anywhere you see fit"
Haha sure
The rat at the end was like:
"Hey yo wtf just happened? What a trio!"
Shawn Woods will be very impressed! Have you spoken to Shawn Woods? He does Mouse trap mondays :) Maybe he will mention your channel?
Didn't Shawn do a trap like this one?
Never heard of it, but it sounds interesting. Mind you, this segment was made in 1982 - Rob
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Thanks for that. It looks as though the one he shows is based on my very old German one, and he virtually says as much. I can't check on mine as it has long since gone back to its owner - Rob
Yes, Shawn did a video on this mousetrap already. Albeit, 30+ years after the Curiosity Show.
....hmm...now can they make one for politicians?
This is a mouse trap not a rat trap
Cool man but maybe politicians are too stupid and corrupt. Hahaha....
Campaign funds for bait.
It's called the Trump administration. Have you seen the number of people fired or resigning ? None of them is welcome anywhere.. Look at "Sean Spicer"...
@@xl000 Because the Bush and Obama administrations were not crooks ... oh wait yes they were.
i think the reason it didnt catch on too well in the days of old is probably because it doesnt kill them.
At the end we can see that the mouse is exhausted ladies and gentleman ! He needs a raise.
This is the most german thing I‘ve ever seen. Perfectly engineered but way too complicated and by this, way to expensive.
It‘s like a Tiger tank against a Sherman or a T-34
Agreed could have just had two hidden doors and the 2nd preps the 1st door. With so many parts its easier for it to get stuck or fail down the line.
@@adrianquintanilla850 then the entrance should have been higher and the mous trap not as efective.
Exactly, German Overthinking. Btw. It says, put some flour inside. Maybe it is not in use anymore, since it is to expensve and 1€ traps do the trick also. .. and beside, if it gets a bit messy, you can just throw it away, it is not a huge loss then.
german shit is all terrible wdym
One of the reasons Germany lost!
That is amazing. I can easily visualize this in a human-size version 😝
Just put a graphics card in there and some kid will sniff it out.
This is what you invent when you don't have the internet to waste your time.
FTR mice turn instantly cannibalistic if in a confined space with no way out and no food and will start eating each other brains rather quickly.
Not just that but if you have mice of different species the majority will cannibal the other species of mice 🐁
This is incredible. Old inventions like this are so much cooler than technological ones.
You crazy!
Woah, now that's a pretty cleverly made trap. Any names of the people involved in making it?
Sadly, no, I was lent it by an antique collector - Rob
Ah, well thanks anyway!
Me
Looks like the first known was Carl Bender (Bender's Automatic Mouse Trap - Germany late 1800s)
Didn't expect anything less from a German mousetrap!
Looks like that mouse might have become a paraplegic after he plopped him onto the table at the end
I got the impression from one of your comments that you (the person hosting this RUclips) channel were also involved in the original program nearly 40 years ago? Is it true?
Yes, both Deane and I are hosting it and, since we own the program, put up 3 segments per week. For info:
Curiosity Show was a national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in
Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from
1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house
(like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials
they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International,
the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily
uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe? - Rob
That's exciting. It's great to have this sort of content available in any case, but having access to the original creators is really something.
When I first saw the graphic intro I wondered whether it was made to look old (Stranger Things style) or genuinely a product of my childhood years. Then I saw an episode with a "microcomputer" and ceased wondering. I never knew this program as a child (in the US), but it reminds me very much of an American program called Mr. Wizard's World, which I believe was popular over here.
Thanks for your work then and now, and thanks for the reply.
CuriosityShow Thank you for doing this, your show is amazing and I love that it will be preserved for good programming for people of all ages for the future.
ham sandwich Our pleasure. Please recommend it as we hope to build viewer numbers to make it pay! - Rob
CuriosityShow subbed after this video and this comment
NO MICE WERE INJURED DURING THE TAPING OF THIS VIDEO!
I dunno man... That mouse at the end looks pretty traumatized to me....
The most at the end had a WTF just happen moment.
Always better to trap humans, it's always more interesting. Mice can't plead or beg.
I like how it doesn't seem to hurt them.
Under this video I got an ad for rat poisoning, the algorithm must think I have a rat problem
This is a very humane approach. You can just release them farfrom your property after. ❤️
Thanks. Curiosity Show was a
national science program for children featuring Dr Rob Morrison and Dr Deane
Hutton. It was made in Adelaide, South Australia and screened nationally in
Australia as well as in Europe, Asia and Australasia (14 countries) from
1972-1990. Deane and Rob intentionally used everyday items around the house
(like old cans) so that children could repeat the demonstrations with materials
they had to hand. In 1984 Curiosity Show won the Prix Jeunesse International,
the world's top award for children's TV programs. Rob and Deane are steadily
uploading segments at ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow Why not subscribe?
So then they become someone else’s problem. Great.
Showing mouse traps on RUclips now equals demonetization.
Ancient capital punishment: BURN THAT WITCH!!!
Also Ancient: THOU SHALL NOT KILL RATS!!!
"And the second mouse enters, and gets caught" Mouse pokes his head back out _Bonjour_
Btw are these host still alive?
Deane is, I'm pretty sure he is uploading these clips for us. I'm not sure about Dr.Rob though.
Edit: I found an article about them dated last year, so I think Rob is still with us too, but Prof. Rob now.
www.theherald.com.au/story/4761200/the-golden-years-of-curious-television/
Both Deane and I are very much alive and still doing science shows - Rob
Both of us (Deane and Rob) run this ruclips.net/user/curiosityshow site and we are steadily uploading the shows, segment by segment. There are also 2 DVD already out of some favourite segments (listing what you need to make and do them) with another about to be released - Rob
Thank goodness. ....eye hope eye didn't offend.......just wondered since the show and scenery seems old school. Thank you kindly for swift response. 👉💜👈
that's really good to hear, I used to watch these segments on TV as a kid and its good to hear the people behind them are still doing their thing
Just FYI, this video has a very high frequency tone that plays through the whole thing that is very uncomfortable for me to listen to. I had to stop watching after one minute because I couldn't handle it anymore. I would have sent this as a private message but I couldn't see how to do that. I like that you are uploading these! They are fun and informative.
I think it's only a problem for you. Usually I get really high frequency sounds while other people can't. But that's not the case for this one.
I hear the sound too, not sure if it's possible to fix this though. All the footage on the channel(or most of what I've seen) has a pretty high pitched hum in the background playing as well.
We get occasional reports of that, which is worrying, but we can't hear it at our end, either before or after uploading - Rob
Are you THE Rob, the Curiosity Show presenter?
I was looking for a comment like that. Same for me!
Hotel California for mice 😆
so it is basically a serial mouse trap.
We’re so arrogant to think of ourselves as the enlightened bringers of all knowledge and everyone before us as savages. Ancient man was far more intelligent and clever than we give him credit for
Whatever you say mate. I still love my flushing toilet and my head on my shoulders.
Jack Kraken yes I’m sure you invented the toilet and comprehend all of the manufacturing infrastructure and product development it takes to make it happen. I’m sure if you were picked up and plopped into ancient times you would singlehandedly be able to create a replica of modern times. You’re standing on the shoulders of thousands of generations of giants, mate, show some appreciation for it
The palace at Knossos, Crete had flushing toilets 3,300 to 3,700 years ago. We've only reinvented them relatively recently. :)
This mouse trap was made in 2013
@ Noah Griffith: I think you misunderstood my point, I would rather live in this day an age than most times in the distant human past, for all these innovations of the past that we marvel at today there are many, many bad things that were going on at the same time. Sure for many, this time still sucks, but it could be so much worse.
We need to have context when admiring the past otherwise we tend to the ignore all the bad stuff.
The germans later adopted a similar approach with jews using shekels lmao
The second mouse walked right back out without being caught 😂
Each mouse holds a grudge against the mouse that came before.
The mouse looked like he'll be looking for a new agent
Mouse plopped out at the end like "what is happening"
Certainly should give this trap to My Mechanics for restoration
Less of a mouse trap and more of a mouse fun house.
It's somehow more complicated than the Mouse Trap board game
We could adapt this to work on politicians. It would be great and they wouldn't have a clue what is going on.
They do make traps like this. I've bought some. They worked and the mice were released a few miles away.
There needs to be a museum or an art gallery displaying these things. I made a long box with a clear plastic top. A hinged up door on the end was held up by the end of a wire. The other end of the wire was on the fulcrum of a see-saw. As the mouse travelled over the fulcrum to get to the food the door came down and trapped the mouse inside. The next morning I would take it to the park. This sounds humane but in the park they got attacked by birds. My trap didn't reset like this lovely one but I did have a rubber stamp of mouse which I printed on the side for each mouse caught, like the old WW2 bombers. The joy for me was in the making. Thank you for this, it brought back memories.
It would have made a good CS segment - Rob
i wish all tv was like this, just simple presentations and explanations of mans inventive mind.
Seebi found the oldest mouse trap
A cat
at 2:52 he mentions a "razor wire down there", which implied the mice get killed...
...and then... PHEW!
He got me there for a bit! :)
"the reservoir there"
@@theFurDeficit aaaaaaahhh!!! :)
North America needs one for door pirates.
I wish this had been on TV where I live when I was a kid, I would love science even more.
Perfect trap keeps them alive until you had enough for a stew lol
That first trapped mouse, why are his legs broken!!! 🤣🤣🤣
the intro sounds like its made by a load of mice
"Keep them as pets"
Yes! I will introduce them to Jazzy, my python 😁
I LOVE THE TRAPS THAT SLAPS THE MOUSES NECKS TO THE WOODEN TABLET AND KILLS THEM
Now that was slicker than snot on a door knob.
My Mechanics, you know what needs to be done.