Adventures in Home Improvement--The Wild Kingdom

[anahata56]

I mentioned in the first post that we found a few things when we moved the old shed...

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[freyas_fire]

Awwwww...I think they're cute! :)

[anahata56]

They ARE cute!

They don't open their eyes, and have little, twinkly noses, and their fur is just as soft as can be.

They're adorable!

[saavik]

Aaaawwww!******Cute overload******

[anahata56]

You think that's cute?

You should have seen Paul lying on his stomach on the floor of the shed, taking pictures of them...

Now THAT was CUTE...!

[saavik]

*Margo dies of images of 'Teh Cute'*

I don't suppose you were able to get any pictures of that since he was using the camera. Darn!

[jaxomsride]

Interesting they look like a cross between a british shrew and a british mole.
So what species of vole were they?

[anahata56]

You know what...?

I just looked it up, and it is a mole!

I always thought moles were a little bigger, but this one sure looks like this, doesn't it?

[siliconshaman]

< voice=sommerset_accent >
That be a mole that be, me dear!
< /voice >

I should know, I had the job of capturing and tagging them for a biology project once.

Still, now you know why moleskin fabric is called that... and they are cute little blighters, even if they can move at one heck of a pace and are buggers to catch.

[anahata56]

It is indeed!

As I was saying to your Dear Wife, I always thought that moles were a bit bigger, but the pictures say it all...

They are so CUTE, though. I often see them when I'm working in the back garden--peeping their little noses up over the edging to see what kind of damage I'm doing to their yard!

But this one in my hand was just a baby--Mama was bigger, and, yah, MUCH faster.

[moropus]

They do eat insects and mice. It's the tunnels most people object to.

[anahata56]

Yah, this explains a lot of the irregularities in the yard, although they do seem to confine it to tunnels near the house, which is OK.

I like them.