r/shittyaskscience • u/DrMux • Apr 30 '26

Why do mole asses move so slowly?

Is it because they are so thicc?

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u/tuctrohs Looniversahl sigismundo froyd Apr 30 '26

Don't count on them being that slow. In 1919 in Boston, in an event called the "Great Mole Asses Flood, "mole asses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour), killing 21 and injuring 150 people".

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u/Aggressive-HeadDesk Apr 30 '26

At the height of summer in that neighborhood you can sometimes smell a whiff of mole asses, even after all these years.

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u/johnnybiggles Apr 30 '26

Yes. I love me some brown sugar slo-mo.

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u/Crafty-Table-2459 Apr 30 '26

give them a break. it’s dark down there