Marsupial Mole Skeleton (Photo by Cliff - Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSpeaking of digging tunnels, the Marsupial Mole likes to leave the land the way that they found it.\u00a0 You see, they will actually fill their tunnels in behind them as they move forward.\u00a0 You would never be able to tell that a Marsupial Mole just burrowed by you.\u00a0 Of course, this doesn’t really give the mole much of an escape route, does it?<\/p>\n
Marsupial Mole Fast Fact – <\/strong>Have you ever wondered what an animal that lives underground in a desert eats? Like other ground dwellers they feast on beetle larvae and little worms.\u00a0 Not the greatest diet but it seems to work for this particular mole.<\/p>\nWell I think we dug deep enough into the lives of the Marsupial Moles for one day.\u00a0 Make sure you come back tomorrow for another fun-filled fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It has been awhile since we have talked about a marsupial so I figured today would be a great day to look at a bizarre marsupial.\u00a0 No, the Marsupial Mole may not be as famous as the Kangaroo but they should be.\u00a0 As you might expect these rare animals are found in the deserts of Western Australia.\u00a0 Is it just me or does it seem like every animal in Australia is a marsupial? Like other moles the Marsupial Mole spends most of their time underground rarely coming to the surface.\u00a0 This might make it tough to spot them but we <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1799,1800,538,175,1801,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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