Space wrote:
I can vouch for that - although i was amazed that our cat had
caught
one. the neighbours were pleased -- poor moley!

I think the cats don't eat them cos of the fur, same with shrews.
[...]
There's more to it than that: they eat other furry creatures. I think
moles and shrews taste foul: there was a parson in the 18 or 19 C
whose ambition was to eat his way through the entire animal kingdom,
and even he said he couldn't manage a mole. I bet Rusty can remember
the bloke's name, but I can't. Indeed, if there's anybody in urg
who's tried to eat a mole...

--
Mike.