While in La Selva over spring break, I was out in the field with my friend Danielle collecting my old fruit-fall traps. While cleaning out and dismantling one of my traps, I saw some movement in the leaf litter. My default when I see things moving on the forest floor is "snake!", but upon closer inspection, I found a lost little baby mouse. It was very recently born -- it hadn't even opened it's eyes yet! It was pouring rain and this little guy was getting soaked and pummeled by huge rain drops, so I picked him up for a better look. Danielle took some photos, but I still cannot identify him -- he is so little. After some photos, I placed him in a nearby hole which I think was his mother's burrow so that she could hopefully find him.
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