The short-snouted mole is a small mammal from the mole family. It lives underground in East Asia, digs long tunnels, and can barely see anything.
The short-snouted mole differs from other moles by its shorter and wider snout. It loosens the soil and eats harmful insects, so it is beneficial for nature and agriculture.
Digs the ground with front paws and immediately eats the prey.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
birth time
Describes the act of excavating soil or substrate to locate or access food.
breeding
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
ground
Human
days
Warm summer
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
centipedes
adult
Maturity
centipedes
24 to 38 grams, 10 – 25 centimeters
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
earthworms
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
mo
Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
rains are very rare, almost a desert
insect larvae
Trophic type
Filters
Palearctic realm
Upcoming birthdays
protection
eggs, roe or offspring develop in a nest built on the ground or close to it
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
in a burrow
young are born live on land, not hatched from eggs or roe
Age (juvenile)
insect larvae and caterpillars
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
Age (larva)
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
dry, cold winter, lots of grass, few trees
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
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Lifespan average
in a terrestrial nest
young after fast growth
Juvenile stage following larval metamorphosis but not yet adult.
live birth
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
Digs the ground with front paws and immediately eats the prey.
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
nest hidden in an underground burrow
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
digging
Pets
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
{name} jubilee
paw
Eyes size
cm
Old-timers
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turns
Rascals
terrestrial forest
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Where are they found?
nest hidden in an underground burrow, only the mother provides parental care for the offspring
Describes food handling or digging performed with the forelimbs.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Taxons
if born as {name}
beetles
age
birth date
Palearctic realm
rest
Fur color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
burrow
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
Forelimbs size
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
land
{name} birthday
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On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Cold and almost dry
insectivore
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Shelter used specifically for reproduction or nesting.
Maturity
Skin color
caring mother
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
Snout size
soil
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
Forelimbs count
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
from birth to adulthood
live beetles — various species
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
What do they eat?
dry and cold almost all year round
insect larvae
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
from birth to death
early young
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
Temperate mixed forest
Duration
This is me
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Steppe
Gamers
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
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My age?
wk
My size?
live centipedes and chilopod myriapods
terrestrial
earthworms
Asexual
swap
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Cold steppe
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
beetles
earthworms and soil oligochaetes
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Tomato
embryo
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Observations
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