Re: (Fwd) Re: Gophers vs. Moles

Moles eat insects - worms.  They can be destructive, but they do nothing
to
a garden like a gopher, having lived - uh, gardened - with both; a
gopher is
a vegetarian.  On one memorable occasion, I was working in my garden and
heard a rustling behind me to turn around and watch a prized artichoke
plant, about one meter high with a "wingspan" of about 2½ m, shaking
violently from root to shoot and then suddenly drop about 18" (½
meter?).

Hi all,

While the European (and American) moles are insectivores, there /are/
species of mole that are vegetrians, and I have heard that one of these
species does live in parts of the USA, although I have no details.

The moles we knew in East Africa were definitely vegetarian, and my
"introduction" to them was almost exactly the same experience as David's
- I saw an "edible canna" start to shake violently and then the entire
plant disappear underground with a "whoosh"!!

Tony
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
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