The tar pits have long been famous for their dinosaur bones. The elderly woman who took the pictures was actually bird watching at the time of the sighting and thought she was taking pictures of California Bluejays. It is not known at this time how the mice got into the trees. He thought it was unusual so he took a photograph. Florida is full of fossils, but this was the first reported sighting of a prehistoric mouse in this state.
Most experts agree that it is likely to be a malnourished big fat blue mouse.
This mouse was sited in Orlando, Florida near an amusement park eating a piece of rotted fruit. He then proceeded to drink soda from a discarded paper cup. The resulting combination of the fermenting yeast on the fruit and the carbonated beverage gave the mouse a bloated appearance and probably a tummy ache. He did not return to normal size until he burped. Unfortunately this did stop the yeast process and he was seen to bloat several times.