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🐭 Fun Facts About the Wood Mouse!

• Tiny but mighty! Wood mice are super small – but full of energy!
• Colour combo! They wear brown and white fur, like they’re always dressed for autumn.
• Big ears, big hearing! Their round ears help them hear everything even tiny sounds in the dark.
• Night ninjas! Wood mice are nocturnal, which means they come out at night while we are sleeping!
• Home sweet burrow! They dig little homes called burrows in forests, fields, and woods.
• Mouse chatter! They “talk” to each other using touch like tiny furry messages!
• Cheeky eaters! They eat seeds, nuts, worms, fruit, and caterpillars. They are omnivores!
• A boy mouse is a buck, a girl mouse is a doe, and a baby mouse is adorably called a pinky!
• Mischief makers! A group of mice is called a mischief. 
• Short but sweet! Wood mice usually live only about one year
• The wood mouse is called luch!

Source: A wood mouse is native to Ireland. A wood mouse is tiny. Its colours are brown and white. It has four legs and it has round ears. It is a mammal. Wood mice live in forests, fields and woods . Their house is called a burrow. It is a mammal. Mice are nocturnal. They come out at night. Mice live all year round in Ireland. A male mouse is a buck. A female is a doe. A baby is a pinky. Wood mice eat seeds, fruit, worms, caterpillars and nuts. They are omnivores. A group of mice is called a mischief. It is called luch in Irish. They only live for about a year. Wood mice use touch to talk to each other.