The Great Nut Hunt Is Launched To Help Save Endangered Hazel Dormice

SLOUGH, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: Dennis a captive-bred dormouse at a photocall to launch the Great Nut Hunt at Burnham Beeches on October 09, 2009 in Slough, England. The People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), together with Natural England launches the third Great Nut Hunt, a public survey to help save the endangered hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius). The silver and gold nuts are hidden in woodlands to encourage would-be nutters to take part in a survey to find as many gnawed nuts as possible to ascertain the distribution and numbers of this rare mammal. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)