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.
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.