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Adams, On the Mole {Talpa europcBo). 



in my hand. I found on dissecting him that the stomach 

 was absolutely empty, in spite of the fact that he had eaten 

 every worm left for him. Baby moles, on the contrary, 

 live a surprisingly long time without food ; in fact, their 

 capabilities of resisting starvation vary inversely as their 

 size, the irregularity being perhaps accounted for by 

 some having fasted longer than others before being taken 

 from the nest. 



In the following table the ages of the babies are of 

 course roughly guessed at : — 



