Does the Bootheel have a mole problem?
If the Bootheel doesn’t have a mole problem, then the Gulf Coast doesn’t have a hurricane problem. Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Unbelievable is currently the most over used word in our language. At least 10 plays in every football game are “unbelievable.” Baseball homeruns are “unbelievable.” Hurricane Katrina was “unbelievable.” The weather when really bad is “unbelievable.” A near perfect day is “unbelievable.” If you want to see something that is really unbelievable just take a look at what a furry, pink-nosed, little, underground, rat can do to your front yard. Mole: Scientific name: scapanus latimaus. The mole is defined in the dictionary as: “any number of numerous boring insectivors with minute eyes, concealed ears, and soft fur.” Forgetting the zoological and lexicographical gibberish, what we are dealing with here is a little, subterranean, terrorist that can turn your yard into no-man’s land. It’s a good thing they have concealed ears, because they have probably had more invec
