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The mole is not
a rodent? Moles belong to the mammal group known as insectivores.
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The mole is pound
for pound one of the strongest mammals on earth? It also has incredible
stamina!
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The life expectancy
of a mole is approximately 3 years due to it's extremely high metabolic
rate? It's inability to store fat or food, requires the mole to remain
active year round. As the extremes of winter or summer arrive, the
food sources burrow deeper into the ground. The mole simply follows
the food. It is during these times that the homeowner sometimes gets
a reprieve from the mole's destructive surface activity.
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Moles eat about
33% to 100% of their body weight each day?
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Moles eat only
"live" food? They eat earthworms, insect larvae and any
ground dwelling insects (That is why Juicy Fruit gum, human hair,
poison peanuts and other home remedies do not work!)
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Moles do not
"normally" drink water? They get most of their water from
the food they eat (mainly worms and nightcrawlers).
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A mole's tunnel
is an insect trap? As insects, larvae and worms burrow through the
ground, they often wind up in the mole's tunnel. The mole patrols
his tunnels and eats these unfortunate critters.
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Moles only have
one litter a year? They give birth to two to five young in mid to late spring.
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Moles can tunnel
up to 15 to 18 feet an hour and as much as 150-200 feet a day?
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Moles live on
a cycle of 3 hours rest/5 hours work? They work around the clock on
this cycle.
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There is information
out there that says the mole's blood does not coagulate and that any
wound is fatal? This is not true! A mole's blood coagulates quite
well and it is more likely to survive a puncture wound or laceration
than other mammals similar in size.
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