Nurtle on Instagram: "This small creature is a mole, not a naked mole-rat, and it is built for life underground. With powerful claws, a streamlined body, and almost no external ears, moles are perfectly adapted to move through soil at high speed. Their oversized front paws act like shovels, pushing soil aside as they create tunnels for hunting insects and worms. Moles can dig up to 18 feet of new tunnel in a single hour, making them some of the fastest natural excavators in the animal kingdom. T