lol
What was he trying to do with the mouse traps?
Ha, ha, not sure.
He sometimes combine "physical challenges" with eating ones, usually as a form of punishment for failing.
He superglued his hand to his face after failing one challenge and another time he sat in ice-water while trying to eat 6000 kcal of hot pockets.
It all seems very stupid but it must take a lot of willpower to do some of the stuff he's doing, like sitting in ice-water or drinkink wasabi. His mantra is "mind over matter" and here's an example of it, eating 8600 kcal of mayonaise - which he hates.