"Pros rely on knowledge of mouse biology and behavior to ensure that the correct trap is used and it's placed ... inside chewed cardboard boxes, along baseboards and on top of wall beams." ...

The old adage that you’ll make a fortune by developing a better mouse trap is not super realistic, as the engineers behind Sony’s Betamax video tape standard could tell you. However ...

Hugh Talman / NMAH, SI An 1877 mousetrap called “The Delusion.” Directions read “Put as large a piece of cheese you can crowd into the box…” Hugh Talman / NMAH, SI The Animal Trap ...