. The world of animal life. Zoology. Mole. (From a Photograph by Cherry Kearton) in digging by the manner in which its body is formed. Let us suppose that we have a dead mole lying before us. What shall we see.' First, that its front paws are very curiously made. The legs, we notice, are quite short, but the paws are very large and broad, and are covered with a tough, horny skin, while the claws are immensely strong and sharp. These paws are the tools with which the mole digs. The strong, curved claws enable it to scrape away the earth, while with the broad palm of the paw it can shovel the lo
. The world of animal life. Zoology. Mole. (From a Photograph by Cherry Kearton) in digging by the manner in which its body is formed. Let us suppose that we have a dead mole lying before us. What shall we see.' First, that its front paws are very curiously made. The legs, we notice, are quite short, but the paws are very large and broad, and are covered with a tough, horny skin, while the claws are immensely strong and sharp. These paws are the tools with which the mole digs. The strong, curved claws enable it to scrape away the earth, while with the broad palm of the paw it can shovel the loosened soil out of its burrow. The tough, hard skin that we noticed prevents the paw from being cut by any little fragment of shai'p stone. Then we shall see that the body is bottle-shaped, while the. Upper or outer Surface Under or inner Surface Fore-feet of Mole. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Fred, pseud. , ed. London, Glasgow [etc. ] Blackie and son, Ltd.
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