{"id":12965,"date":"2012-06-02T21:39:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2012-06-02T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T04:39:08","slug":"mole-hole-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/02\/mole-hole-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Mole Hole Cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to take a closer look at a second mole hole in our backyard and noticed that the mole had done some house cleaning and discarded some detritus. I first thought it was just old grass, weeds and roots, but upon close inspection I discovered some small mammal bones and bits of hair mixed in with the grass. I dug around the pile a bit (which was smelly and had worms digging around in it) and it turned out to be the remains of a rat.<\/p>\n

I have no explanation as to why rat remains would be tossed out of a mole hole, or what the rat was doing in there in the first place, or even how it died.<\/p>\n

But I love a good mystery.<\/p>\n

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I went to take a closer look at a second mole hole in our backyard and noticed that the mole had done some house cleaning and discarded some detritus. I first thought it was just old grass, weeds and roots, but upon close inspection I discovered some small mammal bones and bits of hair mixed … <\/p>\n

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