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2. Molecatcher - Wikipedia

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   In more recent times, traditional molecatching has given way to the use of poison. [5] [6] Poison resulted in moles dying much more quickly and in greater numbers.For some time, strychnine was used to kill moles; its purchase was cheaper than paying molecatchers, [7] but sometimes other animals that shared the environment or interacted with moles were accidentally poisoned as well.

3. Mole catcher - Wikipedia

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4. List of talpids - Wikipedia

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   A member of this family is called a talpid and the family includes moles, shrew moles, and desmans. Talpids are found in North America, Europe, and Asia, primarily in forests, shrublands, grasslands, and wetlands, though some species can also be found in deserts or coastal areas.

5. Arthur Randell - Wikipedia

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   Randell was born near the River Great Ouse at Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, in the United Kingdom. [1] During his early life he made a living from being a railway worker for Great Eastern Railway, LNER and British Rail and a molecatcher, the fourth generation in his family.

6. Mole (animal) - Wikipedia

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   Moles are small, subterranean mammals. They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous eyes and ears, [1] reduced hindlimbs, and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws adapted for digging. The word "mole" most commonly refers to many species in the family Talpidae (which are named after the Latin word for mole, talpa). [2]

7. Jack Black (rat catcher) - Wikipedia

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   Jack Black was a rat-catcher and mole destroyer from Battersea, England during the middle of the 19th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At the time, England was ravaged by a massive population of rats that disrupted crops and spread disease, and Black's rat killing abilities made him a minor celebrity and Queen Victoria 's official rat-catcher.