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kevq
January 19th, 2009, 05:16 PM
The photos in this montage are from a variety of sources. Due to the fact that the dormouse is highly protected, I would not be allowed to photograph them even if I could find them.
Kev.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/10wgU7xyg6vnUExELvGlMiGAIL3G1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=10wgU7xyg6vnUExELvGlMiGAIL3G1)
ladybug
January 19th, 2009, 05:17 PM
kev that is wonderful. And so is the information i have never heard of Dormice. You are such a good teacher.
kevq
January 19th, 2009, 05:23 PM
Judy,
so pleased that you like it.
The dormouse is a very endangered animal and is protected by law, you're not allowed to disturb them in any way.
If you have read or seen Alice IN Wonderland, the dormouse is the animal sleeping in the tea pot.
Kev.
ladybug
January 19th, 2009, 05:25 PM
Good thing they are not around me . It would be hard for me not to disturb them, cute as they may be.
SharLamb
January 19th, 2009, 06:56 PM
Kev, do our cat friends know the rules about not disturbing the dormice? hmmmm?

The Cat of My Heart was a great mouser, and I don't think he would have been impressed by the law OR the cute faces!

Nice montage.
kevq
January 19th, 2009, 07:23 PM
Shar,
I know that our Millie would have no respect for the law!!
Glad you like it,
Kev.
Byron Gale
January 19th, 2009, 08:34 PM
Kev,

Cute little varmints! But I can't imagine that they would perish from having their picture taken.

Byron
swalkr
January 19th, 2009, 08:41 PM
So very cute Kev. I used to like to catch mice in my hands when I was little. (I thought they were cute enough to catch!) My mother thought I was crazy, and tried to persuade me to seek other hobbies. Little did I know then that they carry lots of diseases.
vawitt
January 19th, 2009, 08:51 PM
Kev, these are a LOT cuter than your last montage subjects! :)

Another well-done project!
Sepiana
January 19th, 2009, 10:14 PM
Kev, lovely montage! I guess the dormouse wasn't protected in Lewis Carroll's time -- the Hatter poured hot tea on its nose at the mad tea-party.:)
bfcoughlin
January 19th, 2009, 10:19 PM
Cool! I've never seen even a picture of a real dormouse. I only know about them (it?) from Alice in Wonderland. I think, honestly, that I was't quite sure they were real animals or the product of Lewis Carroll's fevered imagination.
kevq
January 20th, 2009, 04:46 PM
Byron,
photographing them does no harm. To find them you have to disturb their habitat and that's a big no no,
Kev.
kevq
January 20th, 2009, 04:47 PM
Suzanne, Val and Sepiana,
thanks,
Kev.
kevq
January 20th, 2009, 04:49 PM
Bobbie,
they are real!! Even LC wouldn't have come up with such sweet animals,
Kev.