Star Nosed Moles

Star nosed moles are the size of hamsters. They have eleven pairs of long receptors that protrude from their nose. These are touch organs that hold 25,000 receptors called Eimer's organs, humans only have 17,000 in their fingertips. They are very sensitive and use the star for sensing whilst tunnelling and defining the right food. The moles brain senses the information picked up from the nose within a twentieth of a millisecond. This helps the mole determine whether the morsel he has found is worthy of eating.

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