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The world's only known cold-blooded mammals, they live in insectlike underground societies, ... Like colonies of ants, termites, wasps and bees, naked mole rats live in tightly packed colonies of up to 300 animals ruled by a ruthless queen, the only female allowed in the colony to reproduce, sired by one to three kings of...
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www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-naked-mole-rats-2dec20,...
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Naked mole-rats live underground in the desert regions of East Africa, a pretty warm place during the day. If it does get cold at night, the little mammals just huddle together in a mole-rat pile and use each other's body heat to keep warm.
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www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-naked_mole-rat.html
www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-naked_mole-rat.html
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John Larson, associate professor of physiology in psychiatry, and Thomas Park, professor of biological sciences, studied African naked mole rats -- small rodents that live about six feet underground in big colonies of up to 300 members.
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091130141313.htm
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Blind mole rats may help humans fight diseases resulting from lack of oxygen, revealed researchers at the Institute of Evolution at the University of Haifa. "Blind mole rats live most of their lives in underground tunnels and therefore have developed special adaptation mechanisms for dealing with lack of oxygen. ... > read more...
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070117091316.htm
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About 1,500 naked mole rats live in clear tanks connected by long tubes at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, ... Nearly blind and hairless, the rodents resemble wrinkled spring rolls with tiny legs and buck teeth. They normally live in underground tunnels with a social structure comparable to bees.
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foxnews.com/story/0,2933,577547,00.html
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Naked mole-rats live underground in tight spaces, often in colonies of 100 or more individuals. Park suspects that in such conditions, CO2 from breathing accumulates to a high level often painful to mucous membrane tissues such as the lips, nostrils, and eyes.
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pubs.acs.org/cen/critter/8202molerats.html
pubs.acs.org/cen/critter/8202molerats.html
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Naked mole rats live in cramped, oxygen-starved burrows some six feet underground in central East Africa. Unusually, they are cold-blooded — which, as far as anyone knows, is unique among mammals.
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david.barillari.org/naked-mole-rats-live-in-cramped-oxy...
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Even burning acid doesnt bother the nake mole rat. ... Naked mole rats live in cramped, oxygen-starved burrows some six feet underground in central East Africa. Unusually, they are cold-blooded — which, as far as anyone knows, is unique among mammals.
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www.livescience.com/animals/080128-mole-rat-pain.html
www.livescience.com/animals/080128-mole-rat-pain.html
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They farm underground tubers by feeding from one end, ... Since mole-rats live several times longer than other rodents their size, scientists would expect them to exhibit either lower oxidative stress or a greater ability to defend against the attack by free radicals, perhaps by employing more antioxidants.
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www.livescience.com/health/061009_aging_rats.html
www.livescience.com/health/061009_aging_rats.html
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