Naked Mole-Rats Fight to the Death | The Secret Life of the Zoo | Nature Bites

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  • Опубліковано 23 жов 2024
  • Naked mole-rats have an unusual colony system that, much like ants, relies on a Queen. But when two new potential queens emerge, keepers are concerned that they may kill one another's offspring or even fight to the death!
    The naked mole-rat, also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus of the family Heterocephalidae.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 24

  • @lyric8006
    @lyric8006 2 роки тому +24

    So interesting. Wish there were longer videos going into more details about individuals in the colony.

  • @gemalangford5996
    @gemalangford5996 2 роки тому +21

    Follow up this story please did all the queens survive?

  • @sureillbethere
    @sureillbethere Рік тому +5

    "Gone off' and mated with someone... You mean with their brothers? 😮

  • @Atomic_Mushroom
    @Atomic_Mushroom 2 роки тому +14

    damnit, I wanted to see the fight to the death

  • @PittheadX
    @PittheadX 2 місяці тому +1

    I wanna know which mole did they consulted with for interpretations.

  • @Hoondaju
    @Hoondaju 2 роки тому +17

    this was more brutal than any other carnivore animals fighting for some reason lol

  • @basxhor
    @basxhor Рік тому +5

    They looked like from horror with those teeth

  • @kellyjoiner4418
    @kellyjoiner4418 2 роки тому +5

    I thought they were kinda cute, til they got vicious...wow. Lil turds can hold their own. 🌞

  • @jasonchui111
    @jasonchui111 2 роки тому +6

    If this was in a zoo, can they not allow a bigger enclosed area where they can dig a new burrow and start a new home like ants??? I mean they only require a size of a small garden for that to work right?

    • @corvidae2741
      @corvidae2741 Рік тому +2

      It seems like it would even be beneficial to the zoo/research center to have two colonies, since they can observe twice the colony behaviour and even see some of how these splits in colonies might occur in the wild. It makes sense that there would eventually be divides, how else would the species perpetuate? This is a great research opportunity for them!

  • @RandyOrlok
    @RandyOrlok Рік тому +1

    Imagine movie where people are shrunk and have to escape these creatures

  • @nightshadehelis9821
    @nightshadehelis9821 2 роки тому +2

    How do they control the population?

  • @steve-us2hg
    @steve-us2hg 2 роки тому +3

    Let's lock them up

  • @Taz48930
    @Taz48930 Рік тому +1

    You say gone off and mated with someone but if its only thr quuen getting pregnant aint they all interbreeding with eachother
    Siblings and parents

  • @PittheadX
    @PittheadX 2 місяці тому +2

    Stop playing God and let nature take its course.

  • @debtuz1884
    @debtuz1884 2 місяці тому +1

    They are not in a natural environment so you won’t see their true behavior

  • @Tenno-Heika
    @Tenno-Heika 2 місяці тому

    Personne pour chialer de la maltraitance dans les commentaires quand c'est pour la science.

  • @roronoazoro9852
    @roronoazoro9852 Рік тому +1

    Why is he wearing lipstick 🤣💄

  • @jackiekittridge-steele385
    @jackiekittridge-steele385 Рік тому +3

    Endangered you say, - good! 👍