Description and photos of the mole mole

Mink mole - the most complex multi-tiered labyrinth with numerous passages, tunnels. Under the ground are placed the entire possession of the animal, which perform different functions. Mole has poor eyesight, underdeveloped hearing, almost never crawls out. Wormholes on the ground are marked by small loose tubercles, the location of which can determine the trajectory of the entire maze.

Purpose

A mole in a hole spends its whole life. At different depths are labyrinths horizontal, vertical.The tunnels intersect each other, have many exits, inputs. Nora has a tangled look.

The depth of the mole hole reaches 2 m. How far the tunnels are located can be judged by the number of hillocks above the ground.

• Approximately at a depth of 15 cm from the soil surface, tunnels are placed to search for food. Animal feeds earthworms, bugs, roots, seeds of plants, root crops, grain.
• At a distance of 50 cm from the surface of the earth is a bedroom. It has a small size, covered with straw, grass, and various twigs. By winter, the animal moves to a room that is located at a depth of at least 1 m.
• Deeper are the storerooms, where the mole makes stocks. Despite its small size, the animal has a brutal appetite. During the day, eats the amount of food equal to its total weight.

The photo of the mink mole is located below, where you can see the numerous tunnels, passages, exits, storerooms and a berth. Mink protects against attacks of enemies, adverse external conditions, ensures the normal functioning of the animal.

Nora mole under the ground

Construction method

Externally, the mole hole looks like small loosened tubercles of the soil. The animal digs the ground with its forepaws, which are in the shape of a spade, equipped with long, sharp claws. By means of such equipment the densest soil is easily loosened.

The absence of large ears, a sharp muzzle make it easy to move underground, calmly get worms, catch insects. With its hind legs, the animal throws the soil back and then transports it out. The places where the deep hole is located are marked on the outside with embankments.

Interesting!

Other inhabitants of the underworld can live in numerous labyrinths, very often they become mice, ground rats. but mole does not surrender without a fight, quietly expels the invaders from their possessions.

Nora mole

Benefit and harm

The settlement of moles on a plot of land is regarded in two ways. In the fields, these creatures loosen the soil, saturate it with oxygen, increase fertility. However, with large numbers, earthly inhabitants become a real disaster and fight the moles. Damaged roots, crops, make harvesting difficult.

Even more damage from burrows on a small plot of land in the garden.Gardeners, gardeners try scare off pestsclean up the territory. The settlement of moles in the neighborhood helps scare off mice, get rid of shrews, bearMay beetles.