How Hard Do Moles Dig? | ScienceTake | The New York Times

[@Lopezprieto]

I caught one of these guys - a little one - when I was out fishing, and saw something black with silky fur in the grass, one of the cutest animals ever, period.

[@jr640]

it really is adorable

[@cjpatz]

It’s a furry sausage.

[@christopherjon1245]

Get your eyes checked

[@2mfours]

it is cute

[@teijaflink2226]

I love these creatures, so cute.

[@ChrisRedfield--]

I once seen this mole push a road sign with concrete footing out of the ground, it was quite amazing!

[@BadThrusher]

Yes because every piece of construction in America is dam flimsy

[@Fish-cj4ub]

@@BadThrusher but imagine the pure weight

[@armageddonready4071]

@@BadThrushernot every piece of construction. Many people build their own homes, and those are usually bomb proof type of overbuilds.

[@BuddyLe38386]

I love KZbin late at night. I go from space videos, to gold prospecting videos to watching how moles dig.

[@kushclarkkent6669]

Same lmao

[@theblackbaron4119]

They are really adorable little, black fuzzy blind tubes... That mess with my lawn. But I still love them.

[@glenadlin]

Waiter! There's a mole in my cous cous

[@Brocollipy]

🤣🤣

[@Whocares158]

😂

[@yassinkhaled590]

Moles are so cute and adorable they dont hurt you and they look like a cute little mouse

[@mysticforge369]

Up next, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

[@jebaited2449]

How much wood would chuck norris chuck

[@chaffycaesar8026]

The Map Survival as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck if a wood chuck cold chuck wood.

[@siranonymous1433]

LOL

[@lauren9581]

nah we already know, a wood chuck could chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood

[@buttstick7357]

how many cracked buttcracks can a cracked buttcrack crack if a cracked buttcrack can crack cracked buttcracks

[@compressorhead02]

Why did they not give us a straight awnser, this video should have been called "studies on moles" because I never really figured out how hard moles dig

[@KingBarney]

Ashtonmo_2002 40 times their body weight

[@AidanDaGreat]

DANG that’s a lot of power!

[@sergio7248]

It felt like the video needed to be much longer... Such an interesting topic MOREEEEEE!!

[@NES-onYT]

my ex trying to dig up stuff from the past

[@ELbabotas1]

Sorry

[@pandaserthepanda1514]

Ohhhhh Snap! *Guy in the background* Take that karen!

[@LONDONSD1]

Osiris _ lol

[@yorusuyasoul69420]

Ooooof

[@GianniEndo]

Osiris _ underrated comment. Take this W🔥

[@mimivo8162]

Moles r adorable

[@milanszklenar5399]

GO CHECK OUR GARDEN AT SUMMER MOLES SHOULD BE KILLED HERE

[@soriyen]

You could also use live traps or do your best to capture them alive and relocate to a forest of some sort. But if they're proving too elusive to catch then by all means, protect your garden.

[@dimkacracker]

check out a naked mole and say that again.

[@ragingderpy2006]

NO!! LMAO!!

[@c4charles515]

dimkacracker hhahahaahha

[@adrianowerneck6178]

For all metric lovers out there, a mole has a mass of about 88 grams. Multiply it by 10 to get its weight and the result is 0,88N. Now multiply it by 40 to get its strenght and the result is about 35N.

[@ElenaKomleva]

Thanks!

[@KelahCash]

"Mmmmm. So good" really gave me a nice laugh 😂😂 Thank you, kind sir. 🧡

[@dryocampa]

I just got a black Syrian hamster, and my dad keeps calling it a mole... now I know why.

[@rhiannonstubbs28]

izzAbizz poor hammy

[@fankdaggot8961]

Did it shout Allahu akbar at you yet?

[@ankurpandey7452]

no reply means he has been suicide bombed

[@mikec4308]

is it for your bum

[@potashion1357]

I got a dwarf hamster and my dad calls it a mouse

[@Zainkevlogs]

The way He told the story ........I am in love with Moles

[@yehaw4411]

I have a pet mole They actually arent bad pets, they are pretty entertaining to watch dig around.

[@psychxx7146]

That "hummm so good" just killed me haha

[@thunderouscat9030]

i just finished watching a mole escaping now here comes the mole videos coming..

[@manus9438]

Know that feeling...

[@burnedroses93]

These things are so cute!

[@shouaxiong4168]

I was looking for "Moles", for Chemistry... but it lead me here and this is more interesting. LOL!

[@stepanf6471]

I am really concerned if the scientist got a written permission from the mole allowing them to x-ray it for extended period of time.

[@lovelyjubbly34]

It's a mole, it's benign.

[@jochem1986]

This is about how exciting nature gets in the Netherlands.

[@MrAntifreezer]

I love watching a video about how hard moles dig and then not finding out how hard moles dig!

[@LookAtThisRock]

Just goes to show you, even moles don't like couscous. They chose the worm over that stuff. 😅

[@Ouski]

No measurement numbers?

[@rochelimit55555]

I don't know but all of a sudden I have the sudden urge to eat earthworms.

[@OligoGlyco-ui8sk]

Gotta love when newspapers/ news channels report on the little things

[@lennon005]

"Mmmm, soo good" 🤣🤣😂😂

[@MattMovies599]

Those are groundhogs. Good video, left a like

[@BackYardFiles]

Holy Moly

[@GamalKevin]

_"Mmmh. So good"_

[@maninspired]

Love it.

[@kiwi7866]

Does the dirt or mud, stick to the moles fur. They always seem to look very clean, for a animal that spends its life digging through dirt. I know this one is in a laboratory....but even when you see people catching them in the wild. They still look clean.

[@renovatiovr]

kiwi that's a very good question. Even their paws look clean

[@woofii4323]

I've saved a mole from a cat once. Their fur is really thick and seems to protect them from getting dirty. 🤔

[@lepo8861]

Velvet fur. Maybe their like ducks. They repel dirt

[@artsyscrub3226]

Their fur repels dirt. I assume thet clean frequently.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Every part of their anatomy evolved for life underground. Including their extremely fine fur which dirt falls off of easily.

[@aaronjay4896]

I think I want a mole as a pet now

[@merksecution8395]

Give him a Nobel for the 10 million dollar grant he got for this earth shattering study.

[@MelonB0mbAKA]

Moles are SO CUTE

[@vladnickul]

So nice when somebody else appreciates good protein noodles

[@deenanthekemoni9821]

Moles are beautiful creatures, theyre awesome in so many ways.. I am a human GPS behind the wheel of a car so my wife has been stupidly calling me "The Mole" whemever we drive for years now. (Unrelated, I know 😅)

[@touxiong765]

ah the mole. My arch nemesis. I've got a trap ready for you my underground foe.

[@thalmoragent9344]

tou xiong Your profile picture matches the tone of your comment surprisingly well.

[@artsyscrub3226]

Andrew Bloomfield IT DOES OMG

[@schtinky1151]

Moles got such cute patty feets. I love em. I once caught a vole with my hands. He was a pain to get, but I got em while I was gardening. Thank Jesus I had gloves cuz it tried to bite me. They got really strong jaws for being such a little boober.

[@video-tourist]

Interesting!

[@basstion4146]

My grandpa worked at the university of Massachusetts

[@nguyenthanhsu9135]

Adorable little one.

[@frato21]

I think this man's a mole undercover. He just loves the taste of earthworms.

[@KickRider607]

They are the cutest thing in the earth- and they are Digletts

[@ChaosBW]

How hard do these things bite!? I picked up one half this size with MotoGP glove and could feel the bite! No mark on the glove but it was a surprise for the size!

[@candices7971]

i guess we can say they go hard

[@Andreas_Mann]

the way he said "mhm so good" makes me want to try an earthworm

[@joannedeherrera340]

I love these. I recently moved to a different state. I have these rolling and tilling my yard. They are finding me volcanic rock's, rocks from 2,O00,000 years ago, (When this area was nothing but active Volcanic activity, and 1,000,000 million years ago when this area was lake. I found one which had some sort of fossilised fish or scorpion tail not sure. I do not know if I'm getting lucky, or the earths magnetic field is bringing them up. Either way my husband and I decided, (Let the Mole Rats dig and dig ).

[@joannedeherrera340]

We'll I'm on a large Alphalpha farm so I do not need the grass like when I lived in a city. We are using the worms for fishing, my husband went to buy some worms, over 3 Buck's per pack. The man told him if we had alot and we do that he will buy them. Found another old weat penny again and some more old silverware from who knows when. Over here these things are making money for me. Lol

[@Kumahachi8]

You should post a picture of your fossil. I'm sure someone could tell you what it is.

[@joannedeherrera340]

I hope you can see these. I spoke to a geologist, and he's the one who gave me this information. I hope someone can provide more. He wants them, and I'm not giving them away.

[@Kumahachi8]

Sorry. They're not showing up (Google is coming up with a 400 error), at least for me, anyway, and they're not actually coming up in the comment chain. If you uploaded the image elsewhere and sent us a link to the image (eg. uploading them to Puush), it might be possible to see them, but maybe the geologist will know more when he sees them. It's a shame. I like looking at fossils, but my OCD won't let me touch them. ^_^'

[@joannedeherrera340]

I'll try, let me see if I left them on twitter if not ill load them I had ocd bad, but I'm okay kind of now.

[@cheesus2289]

So good.

[@amonrah250]

If they ever did an anthropomorphic adaptation of a Zatoichi movie, that would be the mole since they have bad eyesights, but good sense of smell. Though sadly the character was already made into a bush pig (Usagi Yojimbo comics)

[@LunaGirl196]

As someone who’s owned a hedgehog, mole paws look like mutant hedgehog paws

[@iWearCapeIRL]

What if you are a mole and you suffer from claustrophobia?

[@trevgev256]

They sign up for DBT (Digging & Burial Therapy)

[@Aditya-wg3lp]

They will make a union for claustrophobic moles

[@Benjaminvalko]

"mmmm" so perfectly pitched

[@skyhart9926]

They’re not just Earthbenders, they’re Earthswimmers too.

[@frau4bzna]

I used to feed a stray cat. One day it put one of these on my doorstep (still somewhat alive and not bleeding). I had no idea what it was. I'd never seen one before.

[@wparo]

what good does a mole do for nature? they must have a purpose

[@BecksCreations]

They help aerate the soil from the tunnels they create, and keep the grubs, worms, and other insects in check. :)

[@jeffjones6951]

LIFE has 2 functions: 1. Utilize energy, 2. Host & pass along genes. Whether these functions create PURPOSE, i can't say

[@Polyglot_English]

Life has no purpose

[@dirty_hairy9040]

What does a human do for nature?

[@moleman3708]

what good does a human do for nature? they must have a purpose. Yeah let’s see how you feel after that, surface dweller.

[@rainbowhawk911]

Moles are such underrated and adorable creatures of God!

[@srt2284]

Some one NEEDS to make a meme of him saying "mmmmmm". LMAO

[@andreww1212]

He's missing his hard hat and sunglasses. :D

[@era9402]

it’s two am and i can’t stop watching mole videos send help

[@thatkyleguy1289]

Holy moly!!!

[@jasonblahamartialautist4190]

So if you say a mole can swim through land, it's not a Chuck Norris joke.

[@Patricknotstarr]

I had a mole infestation in my bedroom once..

[@foreverfuturebound]

moles are so cute

[@RAIGNI]

I NEED ONE. IT'S SO CUTE! 😍

[@Belikel]

You know they bite, right?

[@baseafterbase1048]

猟奇的仙人 Yeah I have a rabbit and it bites from time to time,so?

[@TreasureByMeasure]

Wow, that's cool

[@GabHowDoI]

How hard does mole dig? Me: harder than my excavator i supposed

[@REDandBLUEandORANGE]

That is obviously Brest stroke

[@triyoudestroyerofmanko8487]

*breast

[@Karuiko]

*best

[@wagwan584]

*beast

[@madison8322]

REDandBLUEandORANGE breath* Jk its breast

[@adenlamb9916]

*brorst

[@0ki7o]

A Mole is a unit of force that is exerted by a mol of moles.

[@Smiley-ps1yc]

1:18... Did he really have to make that noise ? Does he paid more by doing that ? 😂

[@InstantK0ed]

Moles are pretty cool.

[@leothelion2001]

you had me at earth worms yummm

[@Orangetong]

I always wondered this

[@pablotorres7303]

I want one now !!! We can be gym partners and dig on chix!!!

[@kennadarat4881]

I love moles! They are adorable!!!!!!!!!1!!!

[@user-wx5ym6pj7q]

Bloody roar 2's character - bakaryu bring me here , because I was a curious how a mole looks like in real life.

[@Nikhilus_yadavus]

What a weird looking cat.

[@gtaplayermobile779]

That interesting where are the eyes on the dude?😂

[@lucass880]

1:17 when you arrive home and get some nasty cereals

[@ElenaKomleva]

How come they don't suffocate underground is another good question!

[@vladislavkrotikov8538]

MMMM.... SO GOOD!

[@NPCK2014]

I was literally born when this video was released😂😂😂😂😂

[@picklevoncrunchnmunch7946]

that mole may dig hard, but can he jig hard?

[@bobdole7451]

Im going to create an earthworm protein shake!

[@snicklefritzed]

At this point youtube knows I'll watch anything

[@JoutaiSasuLover]

As A Bakuryu (Bloody Roar) main during my childhood, suddenly I'm curious about moles. 😁

[@bernardoriper5127]

so good

[@wulfw.8452]

earth worm Jim: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@JunaidWolf3]

U can tell this guy has eaten an earthworm

[@MoleChannel]

I love moles. I would be happy if everyone loves moles.

[@kirkjohnson9353]

So The Mole would make a great Marvel super hero. Digging his way through crime.

[@gingerbreadman8110]

"children's favorite" Wtf that think is scary af, it gives me more nightmares than all the scary movies I have watched have given me combined..

[@ajay8659]

Don't underestimate humans, Its not "Mole" but its "The Underminer" from film The Incredibles 😂🎉

[@artsyscrub3226]

Moles are cute when they arent tree legged and invading your home.

[@gokublack4211]

I had one, I let him go for like an hour in the backyard.. And HE DESTROYEDDDD IT 😂😂😂

[@turkeyneck3029]

These little buggers are not my friends. Lol They reek havoc on my poor yard.☹️

[@Despara5T]

Good video.

[@bearllande]

i feel bad for those earthworms

[@dr.hluvsart9720]

I have a new favorite animal. They munch sunflower seeds and dirt swim and waddle around on their lil legs and dig in couscous