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Mole Face

Uh... we’re not quite sure how to explain this.
Uh… we’re not quite sure how to explain this. Photo: @gordonramsaysubmissions/CC BY 2.0

How swiftly nature flips from serene beauty to… this. The star-nosed mole, which looks like it has a sea urchin stuck to its face, is practically blind, so it uses those protrusions around its nostrils to feel its way through soil. The tentacles are covered in tens of thousands of receptors, making this nose an exceptionally sensitive navigation organ. The mole also blows bubbles out of its nose to smell underwater, which, wow.

The moles look like something out of hell.
The moles look like something out of hell. Photo: @gordonramsaysubmissions/CC BY 2.0