West Germany vs. East Germany Mouse Traps. Mousetrap Monday

[@ShawnWoodsMousetrapMonday]

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[@shannonrudko5880]

Hello all! this is so cool! I’m so happy I found these videos. I actually have a West German one. I’m going to hold onto it because it works great! Any chance anyone know how much these things are worth?

[@haskomeyer4924]

Shawn do you have one of the Eastern German ones but for rats? In the text it says the rat version is beeing developed.

[@deliciousMRE]

In the description of the East German one it says that the catching container is a normal household glas/jar e.g. from wiener sausages. The didn't deliver it with glas because it could be broken during delivery. Great video !

[@chrislebeck]

delicious....man of mre's and mouse traps!

[@deliciousMRE]

@@chrislebeck You've made my day :)

[@alorota9728]

I am happy I found your channel. A friend of mine just invested in a chicken coop. He was going to put poison down to keep the mice population at bay. It terrified me. He has grand kids who run all over his property. I immediately referred him to your channel and the slide mouse trap you tested in a coop. He's buying one of those instead.

[@Tokaisho1]

good job, better for owls as well that eat the mice afterwards

[@philipwagner5711]

Or maybe try the poison that Shawn ones tried. It only kills rodents and is safe

[@manuelch.4381]

Ok nice to see mousetraps from my country. Greetings from Germany to everyone stay healthy and fit

[@exploringcreation1354]

God bless!

[@snowballthecat7542]

Danke gleichfalls 👍🏻

[@thelikebutton7290]

It’s hard to stay fit my bones are so weak

[@ravenfunderburg4782]

Guten Tag!

[@manuelch.4381]

@@ravenfunderburg4782 Danke dir und gleichfalls aus Paderborn

[@HolzMichel]

the last racoon singing: " nobody loves me, everybody hates me, guess i'll go eat worms..."

[@cumunist2120]

Mood

[@blister762]

I did a tour of duty in W. Berlin from 87-89 and went to E. Berlin a number of time. The traps are good representations of how things were. One sleek, modern and clean and the other grungy and brutal looking. And sometimes the brute did things right. Like vodka and, apparently, mousetraps.

[@jjohnston94]

And "brutalism" is still an architectural style, to this day.

[@MisterGordonZola]

@@jjohnston94 Whose name does not come from the word brutal, but the french expression beton brut.

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

Damn.. how old are you?

[@blister762]

@@doctorpanigrahi9975 Old enough to have served a tour of duty in Berlin during the 80's. I was there when Pres Reagan gave his 'tear down this wall' speech. I was there when that 747 was blown out of the sky over Scotland. I was in operation Just Cause and Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

[@yurttgjk]

SOMEtimes. I see you want to cut the branch you're sit on. Which is very successfully used by the propaganda of dictatorial regimes around the world. Working gulag? No thanks. I'm from USSR i know what am i talking about.

[@PhilBender612]

Hey Shawn, I love the "give it a little sip" mug you sell. Funny.

[@josealmanza5435]

Watching at the score board it reminded me of a soccer game between the two countries, then I remembered they both participated at the 1970 world cup in Mexico when I was a kid, grown in Mexico we admired both Germanys.

[@snapees]

That edit between you placing the traps in the barn to the mouse coming curious was so seamless I had to replay it like “wait this mouse was *eager* to test traps that he couldn’t wait for you to set them?!” Great vid and always a pleasure watching your uploads. Hope you have a great weekend!

[@delton503]

Love the galloping skunk butt on the trail camera

[@gabrielgomescunha]

The comment I was looking for

[@sorouko]

@@gabrielgomescunha same

[@chrispza]

6:50 -- In honour of the Gernanic theme of this week's episode, our participant is reenacting the Diet of Wurms.

[@ShogunDude]

My Granddad (DDR) always said: "We didn't have much, but at least what we had worked."

[@FrietjeOorlog]

Like the political system?

[@ozarkarky]

Like the Trabant?

[@artyomsherwin648]

@@ozarkarky Didn't it? There are still done driving around.

[@infra_Gray]

The DDR seems to have been a nice place. very progressive ownership model (no bosses), progressive sex education (lgbt friendly)! And yes, @@FrietjeOorlog the political system worked well too, much better than Merkel imperializing Greece into the gutter

[@Ed19601]

So how do you double the value of your trabant in a few minutes? Fill up the tank

[@ratled1]

Thanks for all the videos Shawn!!! Though I do miss the earlier style vids

[@williamkelly5689]

How are they different from the new ones

[@ratled1]

@@williamkelly5689 Shawns earlier vids were primitive hunting and tech. he also did a STUNNING series Ishi and Ozti

[@pauljs75]

Seeing the differences and it still working, Shawn should present doing a build of that design for his own take on having a working reproduction. In turn, anyone else could build one by following the video.

[@kirkfranks1]

Agree. I was thinking to ask for plan for the East German design.

[@paullukis3315]

This has nothing to do with this specific video: What you have shown over years of video is how cautious Norway Rats really are to anything you throw at them. You have done an amazing job all the way around!

[@TheBabocksShow]

In the DDR mouse admits to everything and then goes into the trap. In the FRG mouse sees US dollars and then goes into the trap.

[@rdgs]

Wow, just seen your video on DDR selling prisoners blood for $ Dude are you muppets for adults?

[@nautigirladventures3261]

😂😂😂Pumpkin was comfortable and snoring loudly. I turned this on and within 3 seconds he was up and running towards the tv. He loves your show too much 😂😂😂

[@vueport99]

Shawn's raccoons are such picky eaters! I can't wait to see what happened to his restaurant mice control project

[@markiangooley]

Maybe they don’t like their mice pre-washed? (The German word for raccoon means wash-bear.)

[@scottcped]

Shawn's raccoons are spoiled and overfed. 1st world scavengers.

[@vueport99]

@@scottcped lol

[@ReflectedMiles]

Back in the day, I kept trying to put out traps for mice in East Germany, but I kept catching Erich Honecker's household staff instead. It was the only place they could find any cheese.

[@Ed19601]

10mo. waiting just for a mousetrap isn't that outrageous considering they had to wait 10 years for a car that didn't contain much more metal than this mousetrap.

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

You know you're living in paradise when there is a 10 month wait for a mouse trap!

[@zwz.zdenek]

This trap is a specialty item, I reckon the regular snap traps were in stock.

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

@@zwz.zdenek and I reckon that a reckon is a guess.

[@DrLoverLover]

@@shelbyseelbach9568 they were plentiful.

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

@@DrLoverLover how many did you buy?

[@alexmiller3349]

@@shelbyseelbach9568 how many mass produced mouse traps do you need in your life?

[@firstdreamwalker]

Greetings from Germany!

[@manuelch.4381]

Here too Grüße aus Paderborn

[@aaronsonger5582]

Guten tag

[@mr.d00m37]

Guten tag mein freund

[@wernermuller6780]

Grüße aus Mainz

[@wernermuller6780]

Hipity Hopity.......

[@tuomopoika]

Ok comrade, you win this one.

[@kekw6087]

It's like I'm watching a documentary about Cold War competition between East and West Germany 3:55 KEKW

[@stephendavies923]

Congratulations Shawn on reaching 1.5 million subs.

[@TheWorldDBZ]

They need a wall between them.

[@VinegarPotato]

I’m glad I watched this one. The comments taught me some things about Germany I didn’t know. And the vid was good too

[@lightdark00]

Pregnant opossum, soon little cute ones that are scared of everything.

[@naturbursche5540]

So nice, I'm from Wiesbaden and have seen the original Bender trap in a local museum.

[@quintengrimm1906]

mouse traps and history lessons; what more could you want?

[@MikeRetroModz]

Never tought id see a Mouse trap showdown but thankyou for that haha

[@KnightOfZero117]

Some of the mouse was like Nein

[@SargeOfTheGuard]

When I saw the Thumbnail Pic that said East vs. West Germany, all I could think of was that Iconic Speach made on 12 June 1987 at the Brandenburg Gate by President Ronald R. Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!"

[@naturbursche5540]

Fun fact: Honecker planned the fall of the wall since 1984 to take over the west from wihtin. They were very successfull at that.

[@michaelmichael2382]

@@naturbursche5540 source?

[@naturbursche5540]

@@michaelmichael2382 A German documentary published by ZDF before Merkel got in office. Now it has been banned everywhere.

[@michaelmichael2382]

@@naturbursche5540 als ob

[@michaelmichael2382]

@@naturbursche5540 wie lautet der Titel?

[@whothefoxcares]

If German raccoons could speak, they'd say they prefer to drown food in German beer, not water.

[@RoninCatholic]

Interestingly there are raccoons in Germany; it's one of the few places other than North America where raccoons are found (another being Japan).

[@DocDoccus]

The raccoon has worms! Oh. Wait. HA!

[@alexl.7220]

I am wondering if the east German one calls iron curtain. Of course it work better, the consequences to the designer not working is huge.

[@zwz.zdenek]

It's not as simple as that. Things usually started off worse, but they could be maintained easier outliving their Western counterparts.

[@Korgon2013]

00:14 ooh ooh. I know I know!!!

[@DamonNomad82]

Final Score: "Ossis" 2, "Wessis" 1!

[@jackt6112]

I would take the East German design even not knowing the West German one would malfunction. It has more natural materials that the rats are used to, the metal is rusted like other things that would have been in their environment over a long term with no galvanized smell, the vertical climb is made of rungs making it easier to climb and see out of and less intimidating, and the door is slightly heavier, making it a little less sensitive to frictional losses and balance. The East German product's lack of a container to capture the mice might also be because it was designed around a container so freely available that it didn't make sense to include it with the trap. It would be interesting to talk to someone of that era to determine what the expectation was. From a human labor perspective, the West German one would have been cheaper to produce, and reflects the influence the industrialized countries of the West such as France, Britain, and the United States had on a free Germany with free-enterprise, technology, and manufacturing.

[@anon_9221]

I don't know if it applies to mouse traps, but in the GDR (the former state of East Germany during the division), there was a set of norms and standards called TGL, which, unlike today's german DIN standards, were mandated by the state. These standards included rules for long service durability (possibly motivated by scarcity) and low failure rates, which contrast with our current phenomenon of planned obsolescence. This is considered one of the reasons that many of those products still work.

[@smokeyou812]

This was a super cool idea for a video. Loved it!

[@Pynaegan]

(Haven't time to watch the video right now) Are they separated by an "iron curtain"?😆

[@subhumann]

by the Vermin Wall actually.

[@Pynaegan]

@@subhumann Ahhhhhh yes, I heard about that! When that dirty *rat* Stalin heard from his *mole* that everyone was leaving East Germany (like it were a sinking ship) he ordered the Vermin Wall to be erected! (The cat was out of the bag) All *roadents* west were blocked and everyone was placed under *mouse* arrest! They were trapped like... Well, they were trapped. 🙄

[@bigemugamer]

4:49 when you were dumping out the mice on the "outdoor dining room table" I thought to myself looking at the greenish water coming out, do you flavor your water the mice are dunked into with any yummy spices or just some good ol' fashioned beef stock? You know, to give them a little extra flavor? P=

[@Ed19601]

Found a somewhat detailed drawing of this trap. May make it

[@stans5270]

Like the proverb states: The early Racoon gets the worm.

[@NumberOneCards1]

Was neat to see racoon pull out those worms to eat, never heard of such a thing, thanks for all the great vids!

[@SaycoRa]

Mousetrap wars. That's something new.

[@charlesmangum3108]

"Come into my parlor," said the trap to the mouse.

[@toddleboeuf7266]

Had a rat getting under the hood of my car. Kept putting ONE BITE RAT POISON on top of the engine the rat kept eating it and would not die. Went and bought a have a hart live catch trap and baited it with fried chicken scraps, caught him the same night. Looks like the poison wasn't doing him anything at all!

[@stevenscottoddballz]

6:25 The raccoon wanted noodles to go with his Mouse Soup, so he improvised. ~ 6:52 "Hey, Shawn, could I have more Mouse Soup please?"

[@ttwbushcraftandoutdoors6473]

I love seeing the wildlife you have on your property, so abundant.

[@famousbowl9926]

I got scared the door was guna slice off the mice tail

[@DamonNomad82]

I was actually born in West Germany (my parents were in the US Armed Forces in the early 1980s). I still remember when the country reunited, though my family was back in the US by that time.

[@A_Frog]

Frog approved

[@RandomButtonPusher]

The skunk wasn't in the mood for German food.

[@j-sonS]

You should have a video of catching those trash-pandas.

[@ReefMimic]

I love the traps that reset themselves

[@MrJdebest]

Shawn, my observation of communism is this - Under Capitalism man oppresses man, under Communism it is the reverse.

[@halaheleu7013]

Great explanation!

[@darrenwatt1786]

Would like to see this one done again see if they do any better

[@Edgy01]

We have the West German trap. Bought in K-town in the 60s. Works well!

[@deshaefromarounthawayricha7324]

They look great still holding on 👍🏾👍🏾

[@marcberm]

My OCD thanks you for putting West on the left and East on the right.

[@BluScoutBonk]

Just face South, my guy.

[@marcberm]

@@BluScoutBonk 😂

[@Savage3OO6]

I can't figure out why, but I leave dead mice out for wild animals and they just walk right on by. I have raccoons, opossum, skunks, coyotes and red fox. The only thing that eats them are maggots.

[@yuukisama2001]

I really like the Bender style mousetrap. It's got an almost 100% success rate. I would love a well constructed modern day one for my mom as she has been having a mouse issue. Every time she gets things in order getting rid of them something in the building (ie. construction, neighbors, seasonal issues) brings in a new brood, where you see and catch offspring but not the mother. Plus my mom is "changing" getting to the point she really doesn't to kill them. If she has to it has be a "humane" death. But really enjoying these vintage rodent traps.

[@flea214]

Last time I was this early, he wasnt censoring videos yet

[@Petrarca_aveva_ragione]

The last part of the video: Over the edge in a nutshell

[@sportsaddict0430]

Moral of the story... sometimes better isn’t always better

[@shannonrudko5880]

Hey Shawn, this is so cool! I’m so happy I found your videos. I actually have a West German one. I’m going to hold onto it because it works great! Any chance you know how much these things are worth?

[@nirakinos]

I as german love seeing these videos about german things from englisch youtubers

[@dragonskunkstudio7582]

Worms mother nature's gummy snack.

[@cliftt]

The W. German trap reset but was retriggered.

[@cliftt]

@3:25 & @3:26

[@theeggman1199]

The east Germany one has an open space for a frying pan because the food rations were cut again.

[@PotatoSmasher420]

10 month waiting lists for a mouse trap? LOL and I thought waiting lists were only a thing for cars in the eastern bloc...

[@infra_Gray]

Better than to not get one at all because you can't afford it because you're impoverished by your boss

[@alexmiller3349]

The East Germany one was made pretty much right after the war in conditions of extreme metal shortage, already in the 1950-s the GDR solved the majority of metal shortage issues, as did the USSR. As an example, if you will check Shawn's video featuring soviet army surplus mousetrap, it was made entirely out of metal.

[@flavius-josephus]

Haven't watched it yet, but I liked it anyway because of the east and west German caption!

[@Fourbasher61]

I already guessed it from the thumbnail :p

[@mamostakurd3710]

Thanks . dissamble it for more info , piece by Piece , in a video , really great trap.

[@jibsonjarver7288]

imagine he accidentaly uses his pet mouse in a deadly trap

[@earlyriser8998]

Shawn, tune up the West German trap and give it another try

[@allenstratton5399]

Great video please keep up the great work

[@kargaroc386]

stainless steel and aluminum wasn't as common in the east they actually caught spies with this, as eastern staples would rust, whereas western ones wouldn't

[@PhilBender612]

Ah yes my grandpa Karl.....

[@ravenfunderburg4782]

4:55 What animal is that? It's walking on it's back legs & I can't figure what it is?

[@alexmiller3349]

It's a skunk

[@mikeplaysblitz6208]

Communisim v.s capatilisim

[@donholmes3583]

Me: what the heck is water coming from the bucket oh I get it 🩸

[@noice8985]

4:55 What the hell was that!?

[@fanawbpvp]

I thought the thumbnail was some meme that I didn't understand

[@schutzstaffel_offizier]

Those are crazy!

[@C4-B1K3]

Nice Video! Greetings from West-Berlin

[@abrvalg321]

Eastern one should have been made in a way to work without a bait))

[@Dontbestingymark]

It's Friday though...

[@SpinoAdri2001]

East Germany, also known as the Cooler Germany is till reliable

[@brettlatulip67]

I bet some of the worms were there for mouse aldente. 😁 but that a different video.

[@vanomaden]

of course did the East German trap work better ... trapping was what this country was best at

[@missmix48]

Looks like your Possum has a pouch full of babies

[@zianSA100]

I’ve Got the mousetrap fever

[@infra_Gray]

My grandpa (USA) always said: we didn't have much, and what we did have was owned by the bank

[@gratler]

the West German trap is better at catching capitalistic mice while the East German is better at catching communist mice!

[@rickigloo1561]

Its Monday I need a new video 🐭🐹

[@Ryvucz]

Hand made is always better than mass produced.

[@MaXcountermaps]

Very original video!