Meet the NAKED Mole Rat with Perfect Features!!
Meet the NAKED Mole Rat with Perfect Features!!
The Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa. It is closely related to the blesmols. The Naked mole-rat exhibits a highly unusual set of physical and behavioral traits that allow it to thrive in a harsh underground environment. The Naked mole-rat lacks pain sensitivity in its skin and has very low metabolic and respiratory rates. It is also remarkable for its longevity and its resistance to cancer and oxygen deprivation.
The eyes of Naked mole-rats are quite small, and their visual acuity is poor. Their legs are thin and short; however, they are highly adept at moving underground and can move backward as fast as they can move forward. Their large, protruding teeth are used to dig and their lips are sealed just behind the teeth, preventing soil from filling their mouths while digging. Naked mole-rats have little hair (hence the common name) and wrinkled pink or yellowish skin. They lack an insulating layer in the skin.
Naked mole-rats are eusocial mammals (the highest classification of sociality). They live in clusters averaging 75 to 80 individuals. Only one female (the queen) and 1 to 3 males reproduce, while the rest of the members of the colony function as workers. Smaller workers focus on gathering food and maintaining the nest, while larger workers are more reactive in case of attack. Non-reproducing members of the colony are involved in the cooperative care of the pups produced by the reproducing female. This occurs through the workers keeping the pups from straying, foraging for food, grooming, contributing to the extension of tunnels, and keeping them warm. Clusters live together underground in complex systems of burrows. These animals build tunnel systems that can stretch up to 3-5 kilometers (2-3 mi) in cumulative length. Tunnels have chambers, rooms with food, and toilet areas. Naked mole-rats find their food through their mining operations deep underground because they never come above ground. Living in constant darkness, most Naked mole-rats possess a free-running activity pattern and are active both day and night; they sleep for short periods of time several times in between.
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