We don't need no mole traps
Recently we have had signs that a mole had made his home in our yard splitting his time between our vegetable garden and mom's flower garden. Yesterday morning, Micah surprised us when he came to the door holding a live mole. Apparently the mole had come out of his hole and before he could get back in, Micah grabbed him.
Since then we have learned all kinds of things about mole. They squeak when you hold them. They eat their weight in earthworms everyday. If you are bit by a wild animal you need to call the state health department to see if that species is on the rabies list. The big one in Washington is bats! Luckily moles currently are not on the list.
Finally, we learned this morning that a mole can escape a 5 gallon bucket filled halfway with dirt. I didn't think they could jump or climb vertical surfaces twice their body length, but I was wrong. So the mole is on the loose again, but we have an experinced hunter!
