I have two guesses.
Paranoid guess: The mouse knows that when the tub reaches a certain weight, food will be released via the wire/string contraption seen behind/above the tub.
Projected paranoia guess: There is food in the tub and he is burying it to prevent other mice from stealing his stash.
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brb homonecrobatrachophile, Fri 31 Jul 2020, 19:20,
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alt theory
man is repairing his mechanical mouse trap invention laying all the intricate parts out in order of extraction ready for later reassembly but every morning finds them mysteriously mixed up in a tub so sets up camera to find out why
later makes his millions with an idea for a board game that is fun for all the family
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Fri 31 Jul 2020, 20:29,
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The mouse is participating in a scavanger hunt to win a Million dollars from an eccentric millionaire.
The mouse's opponent is his friend the cat.
Plot twist, the cat's list includes the item: mouse
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ah so that's what the mouse is building in that tub
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Fri 31 Jul 2020, 21:21,
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The Simpsons is like a terminally ill, geriatric dog that should have been put down years ago.
But instead, the owner keeps throwing money at it finding crueler and crueler ways to prolong its life.
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"Over the course of the game, players at first cooperate to build a working Rube Goldberg-like mouse trap. Once the mouse trap has been built, players turn against each other"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_Trap_(game)
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Fri 31 Jul 2020, 22:09,
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