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The dormouse was in a deep sleep when he was discovered by the Surrey Wildlife Trust during a survey of nesting boxes in the woods.
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He did not wake up when he was taken out to be weighed - and carried on snoring while ecologists recorded this video, which failed to capture the sound of the snore, described as "a loud whistle." Dormice, which are an endangered species, spend a third of their lives hibernating. They are active only in the late spring, summer and autumn months when they feast on fruits, nectar, insects and hazel nuts in order to fatten up for their deep sleep through winter.
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