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A video documentary about the star-nosed mole, explanations about its bodily functions for feeding.

To view National Geographic's video on the Star Nosed Mole: CLICK HERE

Moles – The Hole and Tunnel Makers  

Gardeners usually don’t like moles very much because they dig holes and tunnels in the yard, but you must admit, moles are kind of cute! These little animals are about the size of a chipmunk. They’re usually brownish gray to black and they live in North America, Europe, Asia and even parts of Africa. There are NO moles in Ireland.

Moles look a little like mice or squirrels,

but more all about moles is that they’re not rodents.

These little animals are about the size of a chipmunk.

Moles look a little like mice or squirrels, but they’re not rodents. They are digging animals that love to eat bugs. Their favorite food is worms. One mole can eat over 50 pounds of worms in one year. Moles also eat ants, spiders, and grubs.

Basic Facts about Moles

• Moles have curved front paws and claws that dig like shovels. They build long tunnels and underground homes.
• Moles can dig up to 18 feet in one hour.
• Moles have a good sense of smell, but they don’t see very well. In fact, their eyes are hard to find because they’re very small and covered in fur.
• Moles don’t hibernate. They work all year round to catch food.
• These little animals paralyze worms and insects with poison in their saliva. Then they store the insects in an underground room to eat later.

Mole Q&A

Question: How do moles breathe underground?

Answer: Moles have twice as much blood as other mammals and they have more oxygen in their blood, which helps them live underground.

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Question: How many babies do moles have?

Answer: Moles usually have litters with 2 to 6 babies. The babies can take care of themselves when they are only one month old.

Science Quiz for Kids  

Take this fun FREE online interactive science quiz about Moles – the Hole and Tunnel Makers!

Enjoy this Easy Science for Kids Moles Quiz – you’ll get your quiz score after completing this FREE online interactive quiz on Moles. You need to answer all the questions to be able to get your score. You can do this fun quiz about Moles again, till you get the perfect score and become a quiz champion!
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Mercy Kill Quick Kill trap

Here is a six minute video on how to trap moles yourself.

We are in the business of helping people get rid of moles, whether they use our services or want to do it themselves.

We charge for our services.  You can do it yourself for free, however, our mole trapper has experience and is very successful at mercy killing and disposing of your moles. This makes it easy for the customer not to have to deal with the dirty work of killing an animal and disposing of it's caucus.

I am using very frank language as it is a stark fact.  We are actually killing an animal for you.  It is a pest and can make a mess out of all your hard work and time you spent making your lawn and garden beautiful.  Mercy or any way of killing and disposing of pests isn't for everyone.  This is what make our service so useful. We do the work for you...for a fee.

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FACTS about the Mole

In Middle English, moles were known as moldwarp. The expression "do not make a mountain out of a mole hill"—exaggerating problems—was first recorded in Tudor times. By the era of Early Modern English, the mole was also known in English as mouldywarp, a word having cognates in other Germanic languages such as German (Maulwurf), and Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic (muldvarp, mullvad, moldvarpa), where the muld/mull/mold part of the word means soil and the varp/vad/varpa part means throw, hence "one who throws soil" or "dirt tosser". Male moles are called "boars", females are called "sows". A group of moles is called a "labour".

Sources:

Wikipedia:

William Roper, Life of Sir Thomas More (1557)
 Rackham, Oliver, The Illustrated History Of The Countrysidepage 130 (quoting J. Seddon, The boke of surveying and improvments – [sic]) ISBN 0-297-84335-4
Moles". animalcorner.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010.

Quick Facts about moles

The mole is often thought to be a rodent. However, it is not a rodent, but an insectivore related to shrews and bats. Moles consume 70 to 100 per cent of their body weight in insects (mostly grubs and worms) each day. They must eat constantly to maintain the energy used for digging. Although they appear to be blind, they can see with very small eyes. They have no external ears. The forefeet are large for digging tunnels under the soil line. Moles spend most of their lives underground, rarely coming to the surface. There may be several moles living in a lawn but they are believed to be loners, not living in groups. A mole's food-searching runway is just beneath the surface of the soil. The burrows where they actually live are usually about eight inches below the surface. It is the system of shallow feeding tunnels in the lawn that causes distress for many homeowners. These shallow tunnels are easily detected by the presence of low ridges pushed up as they tunnel just under the surface. There are also mounds of fresh soil pushed up from below.

To control mole problems use several mole traps set in the most recently constructed tunnels. To determine the best place to put a trap, press down portions of the tunnel. The next day, observe which areas have been raised. Where the soil has been raised is considered an active tunnel and the trap should be placed there. Natural predators of moles are snakes, and foxes.