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No one knows exactly why they do it, they just like to burrow and is no harm whatsoever.

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They borrow when they are resting and also to lay their eggs, it is normally more moist the lower down they go

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Usually it's to create a nest in which they can lay their eggs, although it also be to keep warm in the moist soil, or simply to root for food in the loam.

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