The cape dune mole rat is an interesting creature. Mole rats usually live in social colognes but not the large Cape Dune. These fellas are viciously territorial, liver on their own and love keeping to themeselves.
By looking at cape dune mole rat behaviour observed by Spinks, A. C., Bennett, N. C., Jarvis, J. U. M. (1999). Home range size and habitat use in the Cape dune mole-rat Bathyergus suillus. Journal of Zoology, 248(1), 39–47. and Bennett, N. C., & Faulkes, C. G. (2000). African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality. Cambridge University Press. GeoWing Academy designed a method of using drone photogrammetry outputs and GIS software to track burrowing activity over 1 week in 2024 and 1 week in 2025. The results are interesting to say the least!
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