About moles

It is widely believed that moles are blind - indeed, why should these animals be sighted if they live in conditions where nothing can be seen due to pitch darkness? And the blindness of moles could well be explained by the directed action of natural selection, if not for one big “but”: moles, in fact, are not as blind as is commonly believed ...

Even many of those people who have ever held a mole in their hands claim that moles have no eyes, and the animals themselves are blind and awkward, like newborn kittens. The common expression “blind as a mole” also implies that moles either have no organs of vision at all, or they practically see nothing. Meanwhile, moles actually have eyes, and of all known species, but what they are capable of and why the underground inhabitant needs sight at all is worth talking about in more detail ...

Looking at the nose of a mole-bearer, it may seem that the animal is some kind of fictional monster, since nothing similar is found in other mammals on the head. Meanwhile, such an organ is not at all a funny whim of nature, but a very functional scanner that allows the star-snout to be a very effective predator. Let's get to know this animal better and find out how mole rats use their nose and how much such a “star” on the nose is useful for survival.

In winter, looking at a completely unflappable landscape in your summer cottage or garden, you might think that the tireless moles finally fell into hibernation and no longer dig in the ground, which irritates them so much in the summer. Or maybe we just don’t see them, and they continue to search for something edible underground and in a layer of snow? Let's understand how moles actually hibernate, whether these animals hibernate and how they generally spend the cold season ...

Oddly enough, but today it is quite widely believed that moles eat vegetables in gardens - potatoes, carrots, beets, etc. On the other hand, many people know that moles are, in fact, a predatory animal that actively feeds on insects and worms. Which of these points of view is true, what do moles really eat and what other interesting features are there in their food addictions? Let's figure it out together ...