1. Moles are creatures that we know quite a lot about, but also not much very specific detail mainly due to the fact that they are very hard to study because of their living habits.
2. The thing about moles is that they are very often confused with gophers and voles due their very similar eating habits and the fact that they live and breathe in the same environment.
3. Many people confuse moles with voles and gophers however they are quite different as moles are not rodents but in fact they are insectivores and have more in common with bats and shrews
4. Unlike other insects and animals moles do not hibernate but are active pretty much all year round without retreating into their homes for the winter
5. Mole mounds are in fact shapes a lot like volcanoes taking on that cone like shape and they can be as high as two feet in height I'd the mole wishes to build one of that particular height
6. Moles survive by eating insects that are found in the ground such as grubs, worms and ants and will often hunt around for such creatures in order to survive
7. Moles are said to be able to dig up to a speed of 18 feet per hour of tunnels making them incredibly fast and nimble diggers as they make their way through the underground
8. The survival rate of moles is not very high at all with about half of all moles not able to survive long enough to be able to breed their young.
9. When they do last long enough to be able to reproduce, a female mole will produce a litter of younglings who will number from 2 to 7 around the months of March and April
10. It is said that a shrew mole will sleep for up to 8 minutes at a time before waking before spending the next 18 minutes active before it falls asleep and begins the process again, working in that cycle its whole life.
11. The nose of a star-nosed mole has tentacles which are extremely sensitive and very important to them as they used them to constantly monitor their surroundings.
2. The thing about moles is that they are very often confused with gophers and voles due their very similar eating habits and the fact that they live and breathe in the same environment.
3. Many people confuse moles with voles and gophers however they are quite different as moles are not rodents but in fact they are insectivores and have more in common with bats and shrews
4. Unlike other insects and animals moles do not hibernate but are active pretty much all year round without retreating into their homes for the winter
5. Mole mounds are in fact shapes a lot like volcanoes taking on that cone like shape and they can be as high as two feet in height I'd the mole wishes to build one of that particular height
6. Moles survive by eating insects that are found in the ground such as grubs, worms and ants and will often hunt around for such creatures in order to survive
7. Moles are said to be able to dig up to a speed of 18 feet per hour of tunnels making them incredibly fast and nimble diggers as they make their way through the underground
8. The survival rate of moles is not very high at all with about half of all moles not able to survive long enough to be able to breed their young.
9. When they do last long enough to be able to reproduce, a female mole will produce a litter of younglings who will number from 2 to 7 around the months of March and April
10. It is said that a shrew mole will sleep for up to 8 minutes at a time before waking before spending the next 18 minutes active before it falls asleep and begins the process again, working in that cycle its whole life.
11. The nose of a star-nosed mole has tentacles which are extremely sensitive and very important to them as they used them to constantly monitor their surroundings.