. . i o SOME STRANGE MAMMALS 179 three to five young. They grow rapidly, and remain withthe mother for one or two months. Then they begni dig-ging on their own account and require no further have been found to be very difficult to keep in captiv-ity by reason of their insatiable appetite. THE HAIRY-TAILED MOLE* The Hairy-tailed Mole is found principally in the west-ern part of the United States. This little animal has so many enemies besides man, aspolecats, owls, ravens, storks, and the like, who watch it asit throws


. . i o SOME STRANGE MAMMALS 179 three to five young. They grow rapidly, and remain withthe mother for one or two months. Then they begni dig-ging on their own account and require no further have been found to be very difficult to keep in captiv-ity by reason of their insatiable appetite. THE HAIRY-TAILED MOLE* The Hairy-tailed Mole is found principally in the west-ern part of the United States. This little animal has so many enemies besides man, aspolecats, owls, ravens, storks, and the like, who watch it asit throws up its hillocks, that it is a wonder it has not beenexterminated. It betrays its home by its own handiwork,as it is obliged constantly to construct new hillocks in orderto earn its hving. These hillocks always indicate the direc-tion and extent of its hunting grounds. The little weaselspursue it in its conduits, where it also frequently falls aprey to the adder. Only foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, and thebirds already mentioned eat it. Take the mole out of its pro


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