Mole Tunnels
by Sally Bensusen/science Photo Library
Title
Mole Tunnels
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Sally Bensusen/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Mole burrow. Cutaway illustration of the system of tunnels made by a single mole under a grass lawn. Moles (family: Talpidae) live out their solitary lives almost entirely underground, feeding on worms and insects that drop into the tunnels. Only a fraction of each day is spent digging as most of the animal's waking time is taken up satisfying a voracious appetite - moles eat around half their body weight in worms every day. During the peak digging season in winter an individual can dig 20 metres of tunnel in a day, the waste earth being shoved back by powerful forelimbs and dumped on the surface as molehills. An acute sense of smell makes up for the mole's very poor eyesight.
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September 23rd, 2018
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