Snoring dormouse becomes a YouTube sensation
November 22nd, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Nov 22 (IANS) A hibernating dormouse has become an internet hit after his comical snoring was caught on film, according to a media report Tuesday.
The slumbering rodent was discovered during a Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) survey of nesting boxes in woods near Leatherhead, Daily Express reported.
He slept on when picked up to be weighed and continued snoring while ecologists made a video.
The YouTube clip has had more than 146,000 hits, even though the camera failed to capture the snore sound, described by SWT as a “loud whistle”.
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