Page 59 - Mammal (DK Eyewitness)

KEY TO THE MOLE BURROW 4 Surface run - some tunnels run just below the
1 The fortress - not an ordinary molehill, but the soil surface 1
larger, more permanent mound above the mole’s 5 Friend or foe? - European moles are solitary
main nest creatures. An individual that blunders into
2 The nest - the female breeds in spring, giving another’s tunnels is usually chased away except 2
birth to about four pink babies in a nest lined in early spring when it could be a potential mate
with grass, leaves, and other soft material 6 The pantry - moles bite off worms’ heads and
3 The mother mole - gathering nest lining is one store them in an underground larder, especially 4
reason for the mole’s hazardous journeys in autumn 3
aboveground, almost always at night 7 Crisscrossing tunnels - these run at all angles

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Key diagram