{"id":600,"date":"2014-02-06T00:16:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T05:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=600"},"modified":"2015-06-21T01:31:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T05:31:33","slug":"naked-mole-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2014\/02\/06\/naked-mole-rat\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked Mole-rat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naked mole-rats are unusual mammals since they form a colony that would be more befitting of ants, or bees or similar colony insects. Just like colony insects naked mole-rats have a queen who produces all the pups, and workers who don’t breed just dig the tunnels, gather food, take care of the young, etc.<\/p>\n

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Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) in the Toronto Zoo<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Naked mole-rats are not particularly beautiful creatures, and I do not seem to be able to take a decent photo of them. In zoos naked mole-rats are kept in some acrylic boxes to simulate their underground burrows, which the naked mole-rats tend to scratch in an attempt to dig, and render them not fully transparent.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>

More naked mole-rats in the Toronto Zoo<\/a>.
This picture was taken on a different day when a different set of naked mole-rats were on duty.<\/p><\/div>\n

Naked mole-rats can live very long for a rodent (over 30 years), and apparently naked mole-rats never get cancer which got researchers all excited.<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/p>\n

Naked mole-rat<\/a> article on Wikipedia
\nNaked Mole Rat Named “Vertebrate of the Year”<\/a>
\nScientists discover gene that ‘cancer-proofs’ rodent’s cells<\/a>
\nGenetic information at naked-mole-rat.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Some lighter material:<\/p>\n

Scientists discover how naked mole rats stay cancer-free<\/a>
\nI like this one:<\/strong> Scientists have figured out why naked mole rats don\u2019t get cancer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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