Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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I don't have a rabbit problem. Do keep up.

They make this stuff.......

You can buy stuff to make your didgeridoo bigger too. That doesn't work either.

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I'm a city dweller so hope you'll excuse the daft question.

From what you say Mr Red these moles dig up your land at night,therefore is it not possible to catch them in the act at night without killing them,then move them on?

They do it under the ground mate, you never get to see them.

This is a great question though, and it opens the door for me to talk about a whole nother load of moley stuff.

Moles are incredibly shy creatures. They spend 99.99% of their time below ground, in total darkness.

“So” I hear you ask, “If they spend their time underground in total darkness, why are they more active at night?”

Well, gentle reader, the reason is this. The things that are liable to step on their tunnels and crush them to death, (Things like horses, cattle, sheep, or people), are more active during the hours of daylight.

This does not mean that moles are inactive during the day, it just means that they spend most of the daylight hours in their “safe” tunnels.

What are safe tunnels? Safe tunnels are the ones built under a hedgerow, or along the line of a fence, (Where things with big clumsy feet can’t tread).

When a mole ventures out into the “open” so to speak, he’s on high alert. Even though he’s still underground, his senses are turned up to maximum. His ears strain to catch the slightest sound, his long whiskers quiver to alert him to the movement of a nearby earthworm, (or a distant footfall) and his nose, packed with a million receptors, analyse his surroundings in minute detail.

He’s so alert that your chances of catching him when he’s in the open are virtually zero.

Your chances improve a little (but not much) when he’s in one of his “Safe” tunnels. He’s not worried about being stepped on here, and he knows these runs like the back of his hand, Apart from the occasional stop to do a little maintenance, (Roof cave-ins and the like) he can whiz along these, (Traveling both backwards and forwards) like a little tube train.

 He lets his guard down a little. (Not much mind, perhaps somewhere around Defcon 2)

This is our chance.

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I'm a city dweller so hope you'll excuse the daft question.

From what you say Mr Red these moles dig up your land at night,therefore is it not possible to catch them in the act at night without killing them,then move them on?

They do it under the ground mate, you never get to see them.

This is a great question though, and it opens the door for me to talk about a whole nother load of moley stuff.

Moles are incredibly shy creatures. They spend 99.99% of their time below ground, in total darkness.

“So” I hear you ask, “If they spend their time underground in total darkness, why are they more active at night?”

Well, gentle reader, the reason is this. The things that are liable to step on their tunnels and crush them to death, (Things like horses, cattle, sheep, or people), are more active during the hours of daylight.

This does not mean that moles are inactive during the day, it just means that they spend most of the daylight hours in their “safe” tunnels.

What are safe tunnels? Safe tunnels are the ones built under a hedgerow, or along the line of a fence, (Where things with big clumsy feet can’t tread).

When a mole ventures out into the “open” so to speak, he’s on high alert. Even though he’s still underground, his senses are turned up to maximum. His ears strain to catch the slightest sound, his long whiskers quiver to alert him to the movement of a nearby earthworm, (or a distant footfall) and his nose, packed with a million receptors, analyse his surroundings in minute detail.

He’s so alert that your chances of catching him when he’s in the open are virtually zero.

Your chances improve a little (but not much) when he’s in one of his “Safe” tunnels. He’s not worried about being stepped on here, and he knows these runs like the back of his hand, Apart from the occasional stop to do a little maintenance, (Roof cave-ins and the like) he can whiz along these, (Traveling both backwards and forwards) like a little tube train.

 He lets his guard down a little. (Not much mind, perhaps somewhere around Defcon 2)

This is our chance.

Chance to what?

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loving the updates so far kev, keep it up.

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There are no moles at all in Ireland. It's not a native species.

I expect they all got slaughtered.

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Collectively, they are known as "a labour of moles". The male is known as a boar, the female a sow.

They are nice.

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There are no moles at all in Ireland. It's not a native species.

I expect they all got slaughtered.

Perhaps they discovered KFM.

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Moles are a protected species. *

* In Germany.

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This moles a star.

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This moles a star.

That, the "star-nosed Mole" is very common in the USA.

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Moles are extremely beneficial because they consume the larvae and adults of numerous pest insects, such as Japanese beetles, that affect garden, landscape, and flowering plants. Additionally, their tunneling activity loosens the soil, improves aeration, and mixes deeper soils with surface organic material, all of which enhance soil quality

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Moles are considered to be agricultural pests in some countries, while in others, such as Germany, they are a protected species but may be killed if a permit is received. Problems cited as caused by moles include contamination of silage with soil particles making it unpalatable to livestock, the covering of pasture with fresh soil reducing its size and yield, damage to agricultural machinery by the exposure of stones, damage to young plants through disturbance of the soil, weed invasion of pasture through exposure of fresh tilled soil, and damage to drainage systems and watercourses. Other species such as weasels and voles may use mole tunnels to gain access to enclosed areas or plant roots.

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There are no moles at all in Ireland.

I expect they all got slaughtered.

I expect they all got kneecapped.

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There are no moles at all in Ireland.

I expect they all got slaughtered.

I expect they all got kneecapped.

I lol'd.