What We’re Reading: Wimbledon Balls Become Homes for Tiny Mice

What We’re Reading: Wimbledon Balls Become Homes for Tiny Mice

What We’re Reading: Wimbledon Balls Become Homes for Tiny Mice Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Mice and men What happens to the 55,000 tennis balls used at Wimbledon every year? According to a Country Living story shared by RTBC Contributing Editor Geetanjali Krishna, some of them have a delightful and valuable second life: They’re repurposed as homes for the U.K.’s harvest mice. Geetanjali says: After watching the gentlemen’s singles final, this story seemed like such a cool solution! Apparently, these mice are threatened by habitat loss and predators, and tennis balls with little cutout doors, mounted on poles, offer a safe, rain-proof haven. And the photos of these tiny rodents nesting in tennis balls are adorable! Water win We’ve all heard stories about the water challenges Los Angeles has faced over the years. But a New York Times story shared by Contributing Editor Michaela Haas re…