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Re:Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jump... by londons_explore on Friday June 02, 2023 @07:01AM (#36163571)
Mice around me fairly frequently climb trees. They know whats at the bottom of the tree (hard soil). Yet I never see them jumping off - they always climb back down the way they came up.

It could be to avoid getting disorientated though, or to be able to see a predator and reverse course...

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Re:Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jump... by jonashus on Friday June 02, 2023 @07:27AM (#36163731)
Where I live in northern Europe almost all ground in the forests are soft. There is moss, small plants, grass or leaves everywhere.

I can't imagine why the mice would climb trees, but if they did and fall down, they probably gonna be fine most of the time.

In many forests there is lots of large rocks and steep slope/cliffs/precipice in the range 0-5 m where mice possibly could shorten their path by jumping. But I'd suppose they rather use a path they can go in both directions.

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