You know.... Fecal transplants have been used more regularly in medical practice to treat all kinds of gastrointestinal problems in humans.... Turns out those gut microbes are pretty useful.
Rob Scallon It's actually pretty useful we don't digest cellulose. Otherwise we would be pooping a lot of soft serve ice-cream (sorry for the imagery!)
One of the weirder things about naked mole rats is the fact that they can't feel pain. Pain from chemical stimuli that is, such as acid or capsaicin (active ingredient of chilli). It is thought due to the constant hypoxia that they endure, the blood stream has high levels of CO2 which causes Carboxylic acid to build up which in a normal mammal would cause a lot of pain. They somehow evolved a way to prevent the signals sent from pain sensing neurons getting to the central nervous system. Without this adaptation they would be in constant pain as they are constantly hypoxic.
cecasander Yep, back when I was a lad we knew the value of thermal insulation. I remember walking to school in the global winter, watching all those promiscuous dinos keeling over. Who's evolutionarily diverse NOW?
I like Dr. Bruce Patterson, he seems genuinely passionate and enthusiastic about what he does, first time I've been interested in naked mole rats since Kim Possible.
I know right! I never imagined they were so cool whenever I watched Kim Possible. I'd love to have a colony. Or rather pay for the local zoo/researchers to look after. If only I had the money I'd have (pets) everywhere.
Naked mole-rats is definitely the weirdest mammal out there, maybe even more than the platypus, which is cool. Also I must say, the visual and sound editing is amazing.
Love the Naked Mole Rat. I want to describe the eusociality of the NMR as a nice example of convergent evolution (converging with some Hymenoptera groups and, of course, us), but my question is this: what is the evolutionary pressure/s responsible for that convergence? Whatever the answer (and Dr. E.O. Wilson has some solid thoughts on that potential answer), if you aren't keeping up with The Brian Scoop, then you are truly missing out. It is a great corner of UA-cam. And The Brain Scoop has some great editing, too. Those little details, like the film reel sound effect, add a lot of great ambiance to the info delivery.
Such a great video! A particular point of interest for me was the discussion regarding the naked mole-rat that gave birth to over 900 pups in her 13-year lifespan. This is a great example of the fecundity of this animal.
Hmm. This is only nebulously related, but has anyone here seen Shinsekai Yori (From the New World)? It's a kind of underrated, relatively short anime series based on a novel, which has something (but I won't spoil it) to do with naked mole rats. The plot is really fascinating, and though it was made on a very low budget, the whole thing looks very pretty and the music is great. This video kept reminding me of stuff from that show.
What is the process to getting a new classification made or changing an animals classification? It there a biology equivalent to the International Astronomical Union?
Magic Penguin I believe the new family name must be published with a thorough description according to the rules of the IZCN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature), along with designation of what they call the "type" specimen for that taxon.
Magic Penguin Yup! It depends on the organism - there are so many new species described, most of the time the description is going to be most relevant to a certain scientific community. For instance, a new species of gastropod would be published in the Journal of Molluscan Studies. The new Family description for the naked-mole rat, written by Bruce and Nate, is published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (volume 172, Issue 4, Dec. 2014). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zoj.12201/abstract
The Wikipedia page links to the Patterson & Upham paper, saying research "suggests" that it should be in a new family. So what is the process of officially recognizing that new taxonomy within the scientific community? Do they have taxonomist conventions where they're like "today we decide if Naked Mole Rats are still Bathyergidae or they're now Heterocephalidae"?
Actually, Heterocephalus means 'different head' in greek not in latin as the professor said. I really like your channel and Emily's authentic enthusiasm.
Nillie I had to go look that up to make sure you weren't pulling our legs. Some scientists must have been feeling mightily uncreative the day they came up with that one.
Damn, this sentence: "a detailed time-calibrated resolution of how this beautiful radiation of rodents unfolded" - a _beautiful radiation of rodents_ ? I mean, the oddity of that statement is just plain awesome!
Ah! I don't think we should use the term 'cold-blooded'! It's old fashioned and causes misconceptions...I think using "ectotherm" or the more specific "poikilotherm" would be more appropriate.. (Sorry for the nitpicking, but I think we need to phase that term out!) Other than that, really great episode! I've really fallen in love with your channel, I love your enthusiasm and it's always great to see a fellow woman of science sharing her passion! Keep up the great work, Emily and the team, I think you are doing great things for communication of, and interest in, science!
I'm almost afraid to ask but what happens to the female naked mole-rat pups? Do they start new coloneis? Does the queen eat them? Do they fight to death?
phrenchphried Some females will go off to start colonies on their own - but most conform to certain roles and perform necessary duties in the colony, e.g. protect against predators, dig new tunnels, help raise their siblings.
phrenchphried As Emily says, most females are reproductively suppressed by aggressive interactions with the queen, and simply function as helpers in colony maintenance or defense. Beyond routine shoving to exert dominance, the only real fights (and sometimes to the death) are between rival females trying to become the next queen. Once she's there, peace reigns
I never thought that these animals could be so interesting! It's a shame that most of the times we only care about the "good looking" animals, even though these guys are really cute, especially the young ones. Btw, I've been following the channel for a long time now, and I gotta say that the best thing about your videos is the honest joy that you demonstrate in them. It's contagious =)
question 1, how do you mount a skeleton or who can you go to for that, question two, how can a skeleton that small be mounted? I always heard they were too small. I have a skeleton collection, and my last question is, if a bone was fractured and or crushed at death is there any way to repair that in an otherwise complete skeleton? If not I will just use it like my partial skeletons and make things like jewelry. Small vertibra (can't spell that, sorry) and bones like femurs are probably the most commonly used ones. Skulls are harder to find (I collect these all on my own from my family's farm) but teeth are slightly more common, both of those and claws are hard to preserve but so beautiful, the best way I have found but not yet tried for small animal skulls is to coat them and the cameo or whatever in resin. Any tips on my tangent would be appreciated, whoever answers.
The most I can you is that they use the beetles to clean the skeleton so that way probably helps to keep the small bones together. As for rebuilding a bone. What you might try doing is finding out if your local library has a small 3d printer. More than likely you'd have to learn how to design your own item to match it to your skeleton.
Emily, do you think the Linnaean classification system is pretty much outdated at this point & should be replaced? If so, what sort of new taxonomic system would you propose? I personally would prefer a more cladistic system, but since we're so used to terms like "fish" & "amphibian," I think we'd end up using overly long descriptions like "non-tetrapod vertebrate" & "non-amniotic tetrapod," respectively. "Reptile" could probably be replaced with sauropsid easily, though. Thoughts?
Why does the order Artiodactyla include cetaceans if they lack hooves to begin with. Is it because they are similar genetically and not so much morphologically?
This is so cool! I really want to hold a naked mole rat now. It amazes me that we can even find out when the different mole rat species split off just by looking at fossils.
One thing I don't get is why the family only has one species. Yes, I understand there is only the naked mole rat, but why over the 31 million years didn't the NMR diverge and create multiple species.
How do "queen" mole rats become queen? Is it through a special prenatal diet, like with bees? Does a colony produce more than one queen and then kill off the others? Is it just a rare abnormality? Are there other non-fertile female naked mole rats in a colony?
OKay, this video is cool. I do wish in the continuity of your fashion between scenes but the video is great. good edit and snippets too. I hope you outsource animation since that would be interesting too.
Confusing for a moment that the graphic behind the familial listing of the mole-rat had family at the bottom and the text had family at the top. I had to stop the video for a second to let my brain go, Oh! Also, is the aardwolf really in its own family? If so, the internet has not caught up, everything lists it as being a separate sub-family. This was beautiful and informative and FUN! Thanks. (Plus, they are so cute, aren't they? I wonder if they are in the pet trade and if so, whether that is a good idea.)
So how do they determine what their role in the colony will be does anyone know? For example is it a social thing where they are shown or is it chemically etc....? I know degus learn as they grow but they also move from role to role but naked mole rats apparently only have one role which made me think they might be different in how they determine their role-everything else about them seems different lol
Great video Em, I think it's great to see an example of 'social' behaviour outside of the insect world so the two ideas (insects, social behaviour) aren't inextricably linked. Truly wonderful creatures these mole rats. Oh and the lack of cancer is super fucking exciting. Thanks evolution.
You always reminded me a bit of Moira from Fallout 3, so hearing you say 'Mole Rats' out loud is two very seperate parts of my brain joining together at last, aha. Thanks for doing what you do!
I knew naked mole rats were social, wbich which I thought was interesting enough but it was even more fascinating to discover that they are cold blooded. They aren't lookers but they are amazing.
Well, if the naked mole-rat deserves to be in its own family, then where does the Damaraland mole-rat go? I mean, it also does the whole ant-colony family structure thing, and it's a lot like the naked mole-rat, only not so naked.
Oh dear. Emily, please tell me i heard you incorrectly, and you aren't one of those people who think the saying is, "all of _the_ sudden", instead of all of _a_ sudden." (yes, i know they both make pretty much equal sense, but the saying is "all of a sudden.")
Awesome, I didn't know that they were entirely cold blooded and so long lived (and resilient)! And I didn't know that they were true eusocial animals: I thought that kind of social structure was restricted to insects. As it turns out, there's another eusocial mammal and it is another mole-rat and it's a member of the same... family they were in before they got moved out (Bathyergidae), and it also burrows. I wonder if there's some convergent evolution at work here... Why are they called "otherly headed" anyway? What are the main differences between their skull and that of other rodents?
A mouse lives 3 to 4 years? Mine certainly don't; I'm really surprised if they live past 1.5 years! Breast cancer and ovarian cancer are the primary cause of death. Is this because of bad breeding standards in pet mice, or because of bad diet/environment/medical care?
I own alot of pet bald rats, and the naked mole rats seem very much similar to normal hairless rats, lol. Besides being cancer resistant, and aging to 30+ years, at least.
I'm so glad I have a long digestion track that can hold food long enough for bacteria in my gut to break down my food...
You know.... Fecal transplants have been used more regularly in medical practice to treat all kinds of gastrointestinal problems in humans.... Turns out those gut microbes are pretty useful.
Man, I'm physicist but you're freak! Lol!
Rob Scallon If you didn't have a long digestive tract you wouldn't care about eating your feces.
Rob Scallon How the heck did I find you commenting over on this channel. Two of my favorite youtubers in one place!
Rob Scallon
It's actually pretty useful we don't digest cellulose. Otherwise we would be pooping a lot of soft serve ice-cream (sorry for the imagery!)
My mom told me she watched this video 3 times - naked mole-rats get a Mom stamp of approval
i really love this
It's really something special to see a person so interested in their field after so many years, an inspiration really!
Steve Fennelly That was my thought exactly! I loved Dr. Patterson's enthusiasm. It's infectious!
One of the weirder things about naked mole rats is the fact that they can't feel pain.
Pain from chemical stimuli that is, such as acid or capsaicin (active ingredient of chilli). It is thought due to the constant hypoxia that they endure, the blood stream has high levels of CO2 which causes Carboxylic acid to build up which in a normal mammal would cause a lot of pain. They somehow evolved a way to prevent the signals sent from pain sensing neurons getting to the central nervous system. Without this adaptation they would be in constant pain as they are constantly hypoxic.
ok now I'm jealous. I can't even remember what it's like not to be in pain.
Disgusting. Back when I was a lad all these rats covered up. This is just another sign of these permissive times we live in.
+Gareth Dean I take it you're over 31 million years old then? ;)
cecasander
Yep, back when I was a lad we knew the value of thermal insulation. I remember walking to school in the global winter, watching all those promiscuous dinos keeling over. Who's evolutionarily diverse NOW?
+Gareth Dean Ken M is that you?
I would also like to see them wear clothes. They really are shameless!
I like Dr. Bruce Patterson, he seems genuinely passionate and enthusiastic about what he does, first time I've been interested in naked mole rats since Kim Possible.
Rufus!
I like naked mole rats much more now that I know how interesting and unique they are
Who knew such a odd little creature could be so amazingly unique.
***** Yeah. They really got me at "Cancer-resistant!"
Anyone who watched Kim possible as a kid knew.
I know right! I never imagined they were so cool whenever I watched Kim Possible. I'd love to have a colony. Or rather pay for the local zoo/researchers to look after. If only I had the money I'd have (pets) everywhere.
Naked mole-rats is definitely the weirdest mammal out there, maybe even more than the platypus, which is cool.
Also I must say, the visual and sound editing is amazing.
GuyWithAnAmazingHat *are
Love the Naked Mole Rat. I want to describe the eusociality of the NMR as a nice example of convergent evolution (converging with some Hymenoptera groups and, of course, us), but my question is this: what is the evolutionary pressure/s responsible for that convergence?
Whatever the answer (and Dr. E.O. Wilson has some solid thoughts on that potential answer), if you aren't keeping up with The Brian Scoop, then you are truly missing out. It is a great corner of UA-cam. And The Brain Scoop has some great editing, too. Those little details, like the film reel sound effect, add a lot of great ambiance to the info delivery.
Walter Phippeny They are crazy! I got a view of them at the Atlanta Zoo.
"Did you know they are insect-like cancer-immune poop-eating cold-blooded aliens of the mammalian world." Wow. Emily FTW.
Such a great video! A particular point of interest for me was the discussion regarding the naked mole-rat that gave birth to over 900 pups in her 13-year lifespan. This is a great example of the fecundity of this animal.
tumours have now been found in naked mole rats. Still awesomely rare though. My favourite part, "cute little mouse-*meows like a cat*"
Rufus is that you
Thank you Emily for another awesome video! Best UA-cam channel ever!
Emily's vertebrae earrings are pretty darn neat
Amazed at the attention to detail in "From the New World".
Cue the Naked Mole Rap....sorry I had to.
Seriously though, Naked Mole-Rats are pretty cool; a little creepy, but cool.
***** naked naked naked mole rat!
***** Step aside, it's a naked mole rat~!
Hmm. This is only nebulously related, but has anyone here seen Shinsekai Yori (From the New World)? It's a kind of underrated, relatively short anime series based on a novel, which has something (but I won't spoil it) to do with naked mole rats. The plot is really fascinating, and though it was made on a very low budget, the whole thing looks very pretty and the music is great. This video kept reminding me of stuff from that show.
What is the process to getting a new classification made or changing an animals classification? It there a biology equivalent to the International Astronomical Union?
Magic Penguin I believe the new family name must be published with a thorough description according to the rules of the IZCN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature), along with designation of what they call the "type" specimen for that taxon.
Magic Penguin Yup! It depends on the organism - there are so many new species described, most of the time the description is going to be most relevant to a certain scientific community. For instance, a new species of gastropod would be published in the Journal of Molluscan Studies. The new Family description for the naked-mole rat, written by Bruce and Nate, is published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (volume 172, Issue 4, Dec. 2014). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zoj.12201/abstract
The Wikipedia page links to the Patterson & Upham paper, saying research "suggests" that it should be in a new family.
So what is the process of officially recognizing that new taxonomy within the scientific community? Do they have taxonomist conventions where they're like "today we decide if Naked Mole Rats are still Bathyergidae or they're now Heterocephalidae"?
Ron Stoppable got it right.
3:28 Emily being way to cute.
Actually, Heterocephalus means 'different head' in greek not in latin as the professor said.
I really like your channel and Emily's authentic enthusiasm.
Ανδροκλής Αργυρούδης Taxonmy in general likes to mix up it's ancient languages, case in point: Tyrannosaurus Rex.
John-Alan Pascoe Another example: _Diceros bicornis_.
Nillie I had to go look that up to make sure you weren't pulling our legs. Some scientists must have been feeling mightily uncreative the day they came up with that one.
Rithene Greek and Latin for "two-horned" or something like that. I suppose that _is_ its most distinctive feature.
Ανδροκλής Αργυρούδης Definitely based on Greek roots, but all these scientific names must be latinized (hence cephaLUS)
Damn, this sentence: "a detailed time-calibrated resolution of how this beautiful radiation of rodents unfolded"
- a _beautiful radiation of rodents_ ? I mean, the oddity of that statement is just plain awesome!
I fall in love with her every time she talks about animals.
It's funny that she like meowed for the mouse
I read a book called the naked mole rat once. I don't really remember what it was about but it's still on my shelf. Just thought I'd share. :)
I want someone to love me as much as that guy loves Naked Mole Rats.
Fascinating stuff, I love seeing videos from you guys, looking forward to more :)
Ah! I don't think we should use the term 'cold-blooded'! It's old fashioned and causes misconceptions...I think using "ectotherm" or the more specific "poikilotherm" would be more appropriate.. (Sorry for the nitpicking, but I think we need to phase that term out!) Other than that, really great episode! I've really fallen in love with your channel, I love your enthusiasm and it's always great to see a fellow woman of science sharing her passion! Keep up the great work, Emily and the team, I think you are doing great things for communication of, and interest in, science!
There was a missed opportunity to play The Naked Mole Rat song from Kim Possible here ;P
Congratulations for your programs and thank you very much.
Can we get the scripts of your many programs.
It would be great!
I'm almost afraid to ask but what happens to the female naked mole-rat pups? Do they start new coloneis? Does the queen eat them? Do they fight to death?
phrenchphried Some females will go off to start colonies on their own - but most conform to certain roles and perform necessary duties in the colony, e.g. protect against predators, dig new tunnels, help raise their siblings.
phrenchphried As Emily says, most females are reproductively suppressed by aggressive interactions with the queen, and simply function as helpers in colony maintenance or defense. Beyond routine shoving to exert dominance, the only real fights (and sometimes to the death) are between rival females trying to become the next queen. Once she's there, peace reigns
+thebrainscoop where da fak do they find a male?
I never thought that these animals could be so interesting! It's a shame that most of the times we only care about the "good looking" animals, even though these guys are really cute, especially the young ones.
Btw, I've been following the channel for a long time now, and I gotta say that the best thing about your videos is the honest joy that you demonstrate in them. It's contagious =)
I can't figure out if they're cute or not...
racecar palindrome For me they go so far beyond ugly that they become cute, like a Sphynx cat.
To paraphrase Ze Frank, "...they walk the fine line between the radically ugly and cute as hell."
question 1, how do you mount a skeleton or who can you go to for that, question two, how can a skeleton that small be mounted? I always heard they were too small. I have a skeleton collection, and my last question is, if a bone was fractured and or crushed at death is there any way to repair that in an otherwise complete skeleton? If not I will just use it like my partial skeletons and make things like jewelry. Small vertibra (can't spell that, sorry) and bones like femurs are probably the most commonly used ones. Skulls are harder to find (I collect these all on my own from my family's farm) but teeth are slightly more common, both of those and claws are hard to preserve but so beautiful, the best way I have found but not yet tried for small animal skulls is to coat them and the cameo or whatever in resin. Any tips on my tangent would be appreciated, whoever answers.
The most I can you is that they use the beetles to clean the skeleton so that way probably helps to keep the small bones together.
As for rebuilding a bone. What you might try doing is finding out if your local library has a small 3d printer. More than likely you'd have to learn how to design your own item to match it to your skeleton.
Emily, do you think the Linnaean classification system is pretty much outdated at this point & should be replaced? If so, what sort of new taxonomic system would you propose? I personally would prefer a more cladistic system, but since we're so used to terms like "fish" & "amphibian," I think we'd end up using overly long descriptions like "non-tetrapod vertebrate" & "non-amniotic tetrapod," respectively. "Reptile" could probably be replaced with sauropsid easily, though. Thoughts?
@thebrainscoop how closely is the Egyptian sphinx cat related to the naked mole-rat? They are both cute animals in my opinion :)
Is the jaw area larger that other rodents? I haven't seen a lot of rodent skulls but the end of the bottom jaw looks quite large to me.
What is their hearing like? How does their hearing compare to a regular rat with bigger ears?
Why does the order Artiodactyla include cetaceans if they lack hooves to begin with. Is it because they are similar genetically and not so much morphologically?
This is so cool! I really want to hold a naked mole rat now. It amazes me that we can even find out when the different mole rat species split off just by looking at fossils.
I never quite got over the fact that real naked mole rats are not nearly as cute as Rufus from Kim Possible.
One thing I don't get is why the family only has one species. Yes, I understand there is only the naked mole rat, but why over the 31 million years didn't the NMR diverge and create multiple species.
How do "queen" mole rats become queen? Is it through a special prenatal diet, like with bees? Does a colony produce more than one queen and then kill off the others? Is it just a rare abnormality? Are there other non-fertile female naked mole rats in a colony?
OKay, this video is cool. I do wish in the continuity of your fashion between scenes but the video is great. good edit and snippets too. I hope you outsource animation since that would be interesting too.
Truly an intriguing species.
Confusing for a moment that the graphic behind the familial listing of the mole-rat had family at the bottom and the text had family at the top. I had to stop the video for a second to let my brain go, Oh! Also, is the aardwolf really in its own family? If so, the internet has not caught up, everything lists it as being a separate sub-family. This was beautiful and informative and FUN! Thanks. (Plus, they are so cute, aren't they? I wonder if they are in the pet trade and if so, whether that is a good idea.)
I've been interested in naked mole-rats ever since I saw them at the Saint Louis Zoo. So, so cool! I learned a lot from this video :-)
I would love to get a naked mole rat as a pet because my sister is allergic to animal hair but I have no clue where to buy one
Sorry to be off topic but
... what a cute and smart redhead.
Wow, Emily, you science awesome today! Thanks for being a great communicator.
I just realized how naked mole rats look like sweet potatoes.
So how do they determine what their role in the colony will be does anyone know? For example is it a social thing where they are shown or is it chemically etc....? I know degus learn as they grow but they also move from role to role but naked mole rats apparently only have one role which made me think they might be different in how they determine their role-everything else about them seems different lol
He reminds me of David Bowie, for some reason. Great episode. Are naked mole-rats the only cold-blooded mammals? Isn't that an oxymoron?
Great video Em, I think it's great to see an example of 'social' behaviour outside of the insect world so the two ideas (insects, social behaviour) aren't inextricably linked. Truly wonderful creatures these mole rats.
Oh and the lack of cancer is super fucking exciting.
Thanks evolution.
3:27 cuteness overload
They stretch their spine when pregnant instead of getting wider... That's just...wow I love nature
RUFUS!
How do they start new colonies? Does the mother create a new queen that eventually goes off on her own or something? (Fascinating topic, btw)
You forgot to mention that the males the queen breeds with are her own sons.
Naked Mole-Rats are as weird on the inside as they are on the outside.
I get called a naked mole rat so I'm learning as much as I can about them
You always reminded me a bit of Moira from Fallout 3, so hearing you say 'Mole Rats' out loud is two very seperate parts of my brain joining together at last, aha. Thanks for doing what you do!
just because they look weird does not mean they can't be awesome or cool at the same time
I think naked mole-rats are adorable. :^(
Cancer immune?
Are those Czech flags on her shirt ?
I knew naked mole rats were social, wbich which I thought was interesting enough but it was even more fascinating to discover that they are cold blooded.
They aren't lookers but they are amazing.
Well, if the naked mole-rat deserves to be in its own family, then where does the Damaraland mole-rat go? I mean, it also does the whole ant-colony family structure thing, and it's a lot like the naked mole-rat, only not so naked.
More videos like this! Please :)
When they were wiggling around between the hands I noticed they are kinda cute,
Thank you for the info!! So interesting!! Cheers :)
Do all or most of the males that mate sire offspring? Or is there some cryptic female choice possibly going on?
A. G-E Hey there! I would imagine that the few mating partners are necessary in order to keep some genetic variability alive.
So they can handle low oxygen environments? Imagine them evolving to gain the ability to fly - flying molerats just might even make the bats blush.
You should have used the term ''ectotherm'' or ''poikilotherm'' rather than ''cold blooded''.
More information on their anatomy and how stuff works would be better :)
4:39 I mean I’m not one to kink shame but DAMN Carl, c’mon…
Great video! Thank you.
Watching this in 2021 when you have to think of social distancing, masks & quarantine is really something else.
Can you have these as a pet?
So the naked mole rats got it right genetically just like alligators. I liked Dr. Patterson he explained everything very well. Thanks :)
Please tell me this was just part one!
Oh dear. Emily, please tell me i heard you incorrectly, and you aren't one of those people who think the saying is, "all of _the_ sudden", instead of all of _a_ sudden." (yes, i know they both make pretty much equal sense, but the saying is "all of a sudden.")
Excellent video!
I think you have my dream job.
I like Naked Mole-Rats,They are so funny and cute !
Awesome, I didn't know that they were entirely cold blooded and so long lived (and resilient)! And I didn't know that they were true eusocial animals: I thought that kind of social structure was restricted to insects. As it turns out, there's another eusocial mammal and it is another mole-rat and it's a member of the same... family they were in before they got moved out (Bathyergidae), and it also burrows. I wonder if there's some convergent evolution at work here...
Why are they called "otherly headed" anyway? What are the main differences between their skull and that of other rodents?
Boh😨
Rufus sure is scary looking 0__0
please tell me im not the only one who keeps saying naked role mat?
Watch "From the New World" it is related to this!
My favorite animal.
Woot!
makes me wonder if humans went under ground as well and thats why we are naked?
A mouse lives 3 to 4 years? Mine certainly don't; I'm really surprised if they live past 1.5 years! Breast cancer and ovarian cancer are the primary cause of death.
Is this because of bad breeding standards in pet mice, or because of bad diet/environment/medical care?
Lincoln Park ... IT STARTS WITH ONE THING !
Sooooo they're bees?
I own alot of pet bald rats, and the naked mole rats seem very much similar to normal hairless rats, lol. Besides being cancer resistant, and aging to 30+ years, at least.
I want ten of those
If the nuclear war happens the mole rat shall become king
It’s so weird how they are naked.