1. It has been proven through the bitter experience of those that tried it, that although the mole can be eaten, the taste is said to be deeply unpleasant.
2. Did you know that the family Talpidae contains all the true moles and some of their close relatives?
3. The Desmans or tribe Desmanini, who are one of several tribes of the mole family Talpidae are not normally called "moles", are not shown below but belong to the subfamily Talpinae
4. It is said that those species called "shrew-moles" represent a form between the moles and their shrew ancestors.
5. Apparently there is a sister group relation between the mole and the Jamaican fruit bat and that the two form a sister clade of the cetferungulates who are mammals including whales, even-toed and odd-toed ungulates, and carnivores.
6. Researchers have found that there is no relation between the mole and the hedgehog, both of whom were previously placed in the now abandoned order Insectivora.
7. Did you know that Moles have polydactyl hands as each hand has an extra thumb next to the regular thumb?
8. On a moles hand, whilst their other digits have multiple joints, the prepollex has a single, sickle-shaped bone which develops later and differently than the other fingers during embryogenesis from a transformed sesamoid bone in the wrist.
9. Mole extermination methods include tunnel trapping, tunnel excavation and trampling on mounds
10. This supernumerary digit of a mole's hand is species-specific as it is not present in shrews, the mole's closest relative.
11. Scientists have found that Androgenic steroids are known to affect the growth and formation of bones of moles
12. There is a possible connection between this species-specific trait and the "male" genital apparatus in female moles in many mole species which are gonads with testicular and ovary tissues
13. There are said to be many groups of burrowing animals like pink fairy armadillos, tuco-tucos, mole-rats, mole crickets and mole crabs that have developed very similar physical charachteristics with moles.
14. Did you know that you can tell true moles apart from other types of similar creatures by their shovel-like patches on their noses which they use in tandem with their abbreviated forepaws to swim through sandy soils?
2. Did you know that the family Talpidae contains all the true moles and some of their close relatives?
3. The Desmans or tribe Desmanini, who are one of several tribes of the mole family Talpidae are not normally called "moles", are not shown below but belong to the subfamily Talpinae
4. It is said that those species called "shrew-moles" represent a form between the moles and their shrew ancestors.
5. Apparently there is a sister group relation between the mole and the Jamaican fruit bat and that the two form a sister clade of the cetferungulates who are mammals including whales, even-toed and odd-toed ungulates, and carnivores.
6. Researchers have found that there is no relation between the mole and the hedgehog, both of whom were previously placed in the now abandoned order Insectivora.
7. Did you know that Moles have polydactyl hands as each hand has an extra thumb next to the regular thumb?
8. On a moles hand, whilst their other digits have multiple joints, the prepollex has a single, sickle-shaped bone which develops later and differently than the other fingers during embryogenesis from a transformed sesamoid bone in the wrist.
9. Mole extermination methods include tunnel trapping, tunnel excavation and trampling on mounds
10. This supernumerary digit of a mole's hand is species-specific as it is not present in shrews, the mole's closest relative.
11. Scientists have found that Androgenic steroids are known to affect the growth and formation of bones of moles
12. There is a possible connection between this species-specific trait and the "male" genital apparatus in female moles in many mole species which are gonads with testicular and ovary tissues
13. There are said to be many groups of burrowing animals like pink fairy armadillos, tuco-tucos, mole-rats, mole crickets and mole crabs that have developed very similar physical charachteristics with moles.
14. Did you know that you can tell true moles apart from other types of similar creatures by their shovel-like patches on their noses which they use in tandem with their abbreviated forepaws to swim through sandy soils?
