Moles burrow in fresh soil to seek food, but they also maintain older burrows and patrol them regularly to catch insects and worms which crawl into the burrows. All digging is done with the fore feet. The snout of some moles is apparently exceedingly sensitive to touch. Moles' eyesight is notoriously poor. Their sense of smell is not remarkably developed.
Hearing is well developed and moles twitter and squeal while they feed or fight.
Moles seem to be quite aggressive in establishing territories and sometimes fight to death over possession of burrows. Moles can be tamed in captivity. They can be trained to come when called to feed. Barring accidents, moles probably live about 3 years. Control of grubs and earthworms will help eliminate food, but trapping is the only viable method of control.