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a b c Marasco, Paul D. (2006). The structure and Function of Eimer’s Organ in the Mole. PhD thesis. Vanderbilt University.

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Granulated Repellent: Granulated repellents usually contain a combination of ingredients which moles can’t stand – including castor oil, citronella oil, and garlic. As with any store-bought pest treatment you’re using on your yard, be sure to read the instructions fully. Reapply as necessary – not any more or less. When golden mole species procreate, female moles may birth litters of one to three pups. They don’t breed at any specific time of the year but throughout the year as needed. With so many moles, such as the Star-nosed mole, Blind mole, European mole, and Eastern mole, what one imagines when picturing a mole varies. The importance of the star-like nose in the mole’s lifestyle is evidenced in the somatosensory representation of the nose. Electrophysiological experiments using electrodes placed on the cortex during stimulation of the body demonstrated that roughly 52% of the cortex is devoted to the nose. This means that more than half of the brain is dedicated to processing sensory information acquired by this organ, even when the nose itself is only roughly 10% of the mole’s actual size. Thus, it may be concluded that the nose substitutes for the eyes, with the information from it being processed so as to produce a tactile map of the environment under the mole’s nose. As other mammals, the somatosensory cortex of the star-nosed mole is somatotopically organized such that sensory information from adjacent parts of the nose is processed in adjacent regions of the somatosensory cortex. Therefore, the rays are also represented in the brain. The inferior most sensitive pair of rays (11th) had a larger representation on the somatosensory cortex, even when these are the shortest pair of appendages in the nose of the star-nosed mole. The Star-Nosed Mole Takes Adaptation To The Extreme - Science Friday, 28 April 2017 (Ira Flatow interview with Ken Catania)

Most moles need moist soil that is easy to dig through and which contains the necessary nutrition for insects to flourish. Reducing the moisture on your property and increasing your soil drainage can make your property less conducive to mole tunneling. The following tips can help prevent your lawn from becoming too moist:

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Additionally, moles can spread diseases such as rabies, so humans should give moles a wide berth. Conservation Status For instance, many people think all moles are blind or even without eyes entirely. This is not true: All mole species have eyes, though their vision tends to be quite basic. Scientists believe moles are colorblind and nearsighted, but that their eyes are exceptionally good at detecting light. Salisbury, David F. (February 2005). "Star-nosed mole has moves that put the best magician to shame". Vanderbilt University . Retrieved 1 March 2010. What Do Moles Eat? Moles have a wide distribution around the globe except in South America, and Antarctica. These small mammals spend most of their time underground.S. alpinus group Alpine shrew ( S. alpinus) Ussuri shrew ( S. mirabilis) S. araneus group Valais shrew ( S. antinorii) Common shrew ( S. araneus) Udine shrew ( S. arunchi) Crowned shrew ( S. coronatus) Siberian large-toothed shrew ( S. daphaenodon) Iberian shrew ( S. granarius) Caucasian shrew ( S. satunini) S. arcticus group Arctic shrew ( S. arcticus) Maritime shrew ( S. maritimensis) S. tundrensis group Tien Shan shrew ( S. asper) Gansu shrew ( S. cansulus) Tundra shrew ( S. tundrensis) S. minutus group Buchara shrew ( S. buchariensis) Kozlov's shrew ( S. kozlovi) Caucasian pygmy shrew ( S. volnuchini) S. caecutiens group Laxmann's shrew ( S. caecutiens) Taiga shrew ( S. isodon) Eurasian least shrew ( S. minutissimus) Eurasian pygmy shrew ( S. minutus) Flat-skulled shrew ( S. roboratus) Shinto shrew ( S. shinto) Long-clawed shrew ( S. unguiculatus) S. gracillimus group Slender shrew ( S. gracillimus) S. raddei group Radde's shrew ( S. raddei) S. samniticus group Apennine shrew ( S. samniticus) Secret of how moles breathe underground revealed". The Telegraph. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010 . Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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Moles move through the dirt in their burrows at speeds of up to four miles per hour to catch worms or escape enemies.

The study of highly specialized systems often allows better insight into more generalized ones. The mole's striking, star-like structure may reflect a general trend in its "less remarkable" relatives, including humans. Little is known today about the molecular mechanisms of tactile transduction in mammals. As the Drosophila fly is to genetics, or the squid giant axon is to neurobiology, [16] the star-nosed mole may be the model organism for tactile transduction. The proper understanding of its saccade-like system and associated transduction may lead in the future to the development of new types of neural prostheses. Furthermore, the outstanding speed and precision at which the mole performs may provide insights into the structural design of intelligent machines as an artificial response to the remarkable sensory ability of the star-nosed mole. Among the receptors described, Marasco identified that there were receptors relatively unresponsive to compressive stimuli but were acutely responsive to any kind of stimulus that brushed or slid across the surface of the nose (Stimuli applied with large displacements and high velocity). In contrast, there were other receptors that responded robustly to small magnitude compression of any kind but were not responsive to sweeping stimuli. The receptors that were sensitive to sweeping were maximally activated across a broad range of frequencies from 5–150Hz at large displacements ranging from 85 to 485 μm. Conversely, the receptors that respond to compressive stimuli showed a narrow peak of maximal activity at 250–300Hz with displacements from 10 to 28μm. Moles are small mammals that spend most of their lives underground. They feed primarily on soil-borne insects and earthworms that they encounter while tunneling beneath the surface. Moles are related to shrews and bats. Seven species occur in North America, including the eastern mole ( Scalopus aquaticus), hairy-tailed mole ( Parascalop breweri), star-nosed mole ( Condylura cristata), broad-footed mole ( Scapanus latimanus), Townsend’s mole ( Scapanus townsendii), coast mole ( Scapanus orarius), and shrew mole ( Neurotrichus gibbsii). The eastern mole is the most common and widespread and will be the basis of this module. Legal Status