Quote Originally Posted by H_H_F_F View Post
No ****ing way

I know the math of mass-to-surface-are ratio, I'm familiar with the physical impact it has, but that CANNOT be real.

If you'd have told me shrews could die after 3 hours of not eating, I'd believe you. Maybe. Moles are like, significantly bugger. I'd never have guessed that. It'd take me weeks to starve to death, three hours seems insane. Wow!

Sorry for derailing the thread, this just blew my mind. How long does it take a baby kitty to starve? I've been like "I'll get that cat some food when I'm back from work" a few times. Could these perfectly healthy kittens starve to death when I was gone?
yeah thats wild. a quick search found this for me

A mole will die of starvation if it does not eat every few hours. It finds food by running along its tunnels and eating up any earthworms, beetle larvae, slugs etc, which have fallen from the walls. A mole probably eats at least half its own body weight a day.