Sunday, April 18, 2010

talpa europaea


European mole(english)
Topo comun(spanish)
This little mammal is a not very wanted visiter of gardens and fields,in which the Mole make tunnels and as well the Mole hills.The Mole is a very active animal in both day and night,needing to eat 40 to 50 grams a day.The main food source is earthworms,but insects and little mammels are eaten as well.In spring the male starts expanding in search of a female,it is then when they become a nuiciance in gardens.Mole's are good for the soil because they open it in the same way worms do,but on a larger scale.Not for plants but for trees.Also they eat a lot of unwanted insects that eat plant roots.From Galicia

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