France Royal Molecatcher

Molecatcher Jerome Dormion uses a shovel in the park of the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. The king is dead, but the molecatcher lives on. He even signs SMS messages: âMolecatcher to the king.â Itâs been over two centuries since Louis XVI was guillotined on Parisâ Place de la Concorde, but the job of hunting the underground rodent that so troubled French monarchs on the grounds of the Versailles palace still exists. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Molecatcher Jerome Dormion uses a shovel in the park of the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. The king is dead, but the molecatcher lives on. He even signs SMS messages: “Molecatcher to the king.” It’s been over two centuries since Louis XVI was guillotined on Paris’ Place de la Concorde, but the job of hunting the underground rodent that so troubled French monarchs on the grounds of the Versailles palace still exists. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)


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