I may have posted about these guys before but I just found out some more information about the naked mole rat, in addition to their wondrous anti-aging/cancer resisting abilities they have an unusual life style. It was once thought that they were inbreeding but after more intense study it was discovered that they raid neighboring colonies for their young then put them into work as drones,also like bees or ants the colonies have a queen and she is the only one who reproduces. She has up to 30 pups at a time and the captive females are in charge of feeding the young by gathering the queen's hormone laced feces to nurture the pups. It's nice to know more about their unusual life style but I still wonder if they are being studied for their anti aging/cancer resisting ability. Maybe it's just me but these critters are not the least bit attractive.
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