AnimalsWoods
Mole Fun facts for kids
Talpa europaea (European mole; the family Talpidae holds about 40 species)
The mole lives in tunnels underground in Europe and North America and eats earthworms and insect grubs.
- Where it lives
- in tunnels underground in Europe and North America
- What it eats
- earthworms and insect grubs
- How big it is
- fits in your hand, light as an apple
Fun facts about the mole
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
A mole's fur has no direction, so it can scoot backwards down its tunnel just as easily as forwards.
A mole's front feet are big pink spades with an extra bone like a thumb, so it digs like a living shovel.
A mole 'sees' by touch, with a nose covered in thousands of tiny feelers, plus its whiskers and tail.
In just one hour, a mole can dig a brand new tunnel about as long as a car.
Before eating a worm, a mole pulls it through its claws to squeeze out the gritty dirt.
Worms fall into a mole's tunnels, so the mole keeps walking through them checking its worm traps.
Moles have special blood that helps them breathe in the stuffy air deep in their tunnels.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I'm small enough to fit in your hand, and I like to live all alone.
I love eating worms, but first I pull them through my claws to squeeze out the dirt.
My fur has no direction, so I can scoot backwards just as easily as forwards.
I can hardly see at all, so I feel my way with my nose, whiskers and tail.
I dig tunnels with my big shovel paws and push up little piles of dirt on your lawn.
Sammy might be thinking of a mole.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the mole in the Woods adventure.
Play the WoodsComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
