Bad Decision...

This mouse somehow walked or jumped into this hot spring, perhaps to escape a predator.If left undisturbed it stands a good chance of having its bones incorporated into the formations of the spring. I've actually seen a mouse entombed in the geyserite of a geyser at Norris Geyser Basin. That geyser (Porkchop) blew itself to smithereens, so that mouse is now part of the general shrapnel left after the blast.

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