Mole

=**__Mole__**=

__Habitat__
The mole's habitat is in the ground (dirt). It is adapted to a underground lifestyle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(animal)

__Characteristics__
The mole has very soft and smooth fur. It is a mammal. They are solitary. It's claws are very sharp for the digging under the ground and strong legs and arms. They have very tiny ears and eyes which means it relies on good sense of touch and listening. An adult measures from about 12 to 20 centimetres long. They are able to re-use the oxygen it inhaled above ground and able to survive low-oxygen environments. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(animal) //The New Book Of Knowledge//

__**Communication and Rate of Digging**__
They do not communicate to other moles. The rate per hour they dig is over 18 feet.

**__Benefits and Drawbacks__**
The benefits are they consume insects, grubs, insect larvae and slugs. The drawback are it destroys lawns, plants and graveyards.

**__Mating__**
During the spring the moles court and mate.

__Mother Moles__
The mother moles produce a litter of 3 to 4 in the spring, the young that is born will stay with the mother mole in the tunnels for about one month, then will divide and start creating it's own tunnels, reaching adult size in four to eight weeks.

__Baby Moles__
The baby moles are born with no hair and they are pink. Their eyes open in three weeks after they are born.

**__ Enemies and Protection __**
The moles enemies are humans, owls, ravens, eagles and other birds. They protect themselves by their very bad taste.

**__ References __**
// The New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Incorporated, Danbury, Connecticut, 1994 // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(animal)