Another name for the star-nosed mole, an unusual underground mammal with distinctive pink, fleshy appendages around its nose.
Derived from the genus name 'Condylura' with the English noun ending '-ure,' referring to the animal characterized by its unique condyle-like nasal structures.
Despite living almost completely underground in total darkness, star-nosed moles have the fastest sense of touch of any mammal—they can identify and eat an insect in just 230 milliseconds!
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