snareman 3 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 are there moles in ireland?? serious question.. my grandpa told me there wernt as they cant swim accros the sea... i have heard that there is no moles in ireland , but i suppose there will be guys on this site who i,m sure will enlighten us maybe john galway could tell us . or moley , or rolfe for that matter . Quote Link to post
devonlad 0 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 No moles in Ireland... Quote Link to post
Guest rexdigger Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 iv heard a tale that jbs wildlife catches moles that live 3 foot underground but i think thats a myth :o :o Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 are there moles in ireland?? serious question.. my grandpa told me there wernt as they cant swim accros the sea... i have heard that there is no moles in ireland , but i suppose there will be guys on this site who i,m sure will enlighten us maybe john galway could tell us . or moley , or rolfe for that matter . As far as i am aware there are supposed to be NO moles in Ireland and NO snakes either.........but i am always ready to be told otherwise. Quote Link to post
claybusers al 9 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 iv heard a tale that jbs wildlife catches moles that live 3 foot underground but i think thats a myth :o :o are sure it wasnt his wife Quote Link to post
TOMO 26,458 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 not a myth but a fact, actualy 2 facts. 1st moles have twice as much blood in there body as a similar sized mamal, reason. cos of the low levels of oxygen below ground. 2nd moles are active in 4 hourly cycles, then sleep 4 hours and so on. would be intresting to know how the scientist found this fact Quote Link to post
mole trapper 1,693 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 According to the EXPERTS, since the last ice age feck knows how many thousands of years ago, Moles have not made it further than Carlisle, that will come as a bit of a suprise to Glenn and a few others!!!!. If you put a dead mole in anothers tunnels it will drive the resident mole out, Bo...cks, they will eat it or bury it, and sometimes both. That sonic repelents are effective as WAS Renardine... Quote Link to post
dogs-n-natives 1,182 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 not a myth but a fact, actualy 2 facts. 1st moles have twice as much blood in there body as a similar sized mamal, reason. cos of the low levels of oxygen below ground. 2nd moles are active in 4 hourly cycles, then sleep 4 hours and so on. would be intresting to know how the scientist found this fact The BBC wildlife on one team found that out when filming the programme on moles, dont know if you lot have seen it, but theres lots of footage of the moles travelling through their tunnels, they were all filmed in a large tank. They found out a few things when doing this filming apparently............. Quote Link to post
comanche 3,041 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 not a myth but a fact, actualy 2 facts. 1st moles have twice as much blood in there body as a similar sized mamal, reason. cos of the low levels of oxygen below ground. 2nd moles are active in 4 hourly cycles, then sleep 4 hours and so on. would be intresting to know how the scientist found this fact The BBC wildlife on one team found that out when filming the programme on moles, dont know if you lot have seen it, but theres lots of footage of the moles travelling through their tunnels, they were all filmed in a large tank. They found out a few things when doing this filming apparently............. I read something from an old bit of mole research .Apparently the 4 hour shift pattern is pretty true but if a mole is prevented from finding enough food because of a shortage or some sort of disturbance it will go back to cover for a bit more sleep rather than waste energy or suffer stress. It reapears to try again later .This can upset the shift pattern apparently. By the way the thing about digging 3 feet to set traps is definatly TRUE! Only a few days ago I had to go through the centre of the Earth (Following a trail of empty booze bottles left by the likes of the late Doug Maclure) almost to the other side ,in order to catch a really deep mole that had been throwing up pyramids in Egypt. The result is pictured Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Moles can swim They push up molehills head first They appear to have 6 toes on the rear foot when X-rayed but this is a Tibial appendage not a true toe OTC Quote Link to post
Holdaway 2 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Is it true that they can starve to death in 24 hours? If so this would make someone using a humane trap and not checking it cruel Quote Link to post
zig zag wanderer 0 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 2nd moles are active in 4 hourly cycles, then sleep 4 hours and so on. would be intresting to know how the scientist found this fact Roughly 4.5 hours awake 3.5 asleep. Discovered when moles had radioactve rings attached to their tails and tracked with a Geiger counter (Godfrey 1954). Quote Link to post
comanche 3,041 Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 My old headkeeper used to say that if you found a dead mole on a footpath or woodland track it meant that a fox was about. Don't know if this was just to encourage us to spend more time on vermin control or if it has any biological truth. Quote Link to post
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 My old headkeeper used to say that if you found a dead mole on a footpath or woodland track it meant that a fox was about.Don't know if this was just to encourage us to spend more time on vermin control or if it has any biological truth. Cats and foxes catch them and play with them without eating them sometimes - same goes for shrews. They must taste funny or something? OTC Quote Link to post
RatSnatcher 0 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Is it true that they can starve to death in 24 hours? If so this would make someone using a humane trap and not checking it cruel If its a humane trap it should be humane death Quote Link to post
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