On the ramblings of Mole Ponies

With the odd interjection from a mole pony.

I was bored, so I thought I'd write a bit about Mole ponies.

But first, meet one.

This is Que, my mole pony friend. And yes, he's right, my drawing does suck.

Understatement of the year.

You made the understated point first.

Touché

Mole ponies are, of all the known sub-species of pony, the ones most different from the three standard types, (and also one of the least seen) being the Pegasi, Unicorns, and Earth Ponies. Of the three, Mole Ponies are most like Earth Ponies, given that they possess neither horns nor wings, and have a strong affinity with the earth.

Mole ponies are shorter than most ponies, but are rather stocky, height being a disadvantage underground. They also have poor eyesight, although it is better than a standard mole. They do, however, have a heightened sense of smell and hearing, these being essential underground.

Instead of hooves on their front legs, they have digger claws, but still posses hooves on their back legs. They can use these digger paws to move above ground, however it is rather slow, and as such they prefer to travel underground where possible. If forced to travel above ground, or when foraging for food, they will usually opt to wait until nightfall, as their eyes are sensitive to light.

Tails and manes tend to be sleeker than those seen on many overground ponies, due to the difficulties caused by non-sleek fur in the often tight tunnels.

Mole ponies, also unlike their above ground cousins, are not entirely herbivorous, as they often eat earthworms and various other invertebrae found underground, due to the difficulties of finding other foodstuffs underground, although they do got above ground for food sometimes.

Mole ponies tend to be solitary, although when circumstances warrant it they will live in social groups. Even when solitary, messages will be passed from mole pony to mole pony, conferring information like the location of cave systems, the presence of other underground dwellers (eg, diamond dogs), and any other required information.

When mole ponies communicate, they tend to be rather frank and straight to the point, due to often needing to communicate quickly. This is especially helpful when alerting other mole ponies to the presence of diamond dogs, as they have been know to kill and eat mole ponies when they can catch them. They also tend to be rather disdainful of surface dwellers, due to how much easier life is above ground, and also Earth Ponies have been known to accidentally collapse mole pony tunnels.

I hate diamond dogs. One of them got my uncle.

Yeah, I know. Poor guy. Have I missed anything?

I dunno, I'm not reading all that. If they want to know anything else, I'm sure they'll ask. Or not. Whatever.

Yeah, I guess they might.

So, yeah, feel free to ask away.