Striking gold

It's not just big cats that are like buses. Golden moles are, too.

I'd never heard the name until a few days ago when I was sent a picture of one, then yesterday I was wandering round the Natural History Museum and encountered the brute pictured above. It's from South Africa.

I'm guessing, judging by its size (it was way bigger than a guinea pig), that's it a totally different species to the critter I was sent a photo of. I'm assuming that's just a normal mole, but with a particularly fair complexion.