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naked mole rat See HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER.
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	What Are You ; It's a naked mole rat. He may be a strange, bald, buck-toothed...various members. There's a single queen naked mole rat who heads a colony of 20 to 300. The...still a lot of mysteries about the naked mole rat. For example, how does the queen prevent... Read more
	First mammal joins the eusocial club. ; ...observed that just one female naked mole rat in a colony of about 80 animals...scientists have resisted grouping the naked mole rat with the so-called eusocial insects...make the breeding female of a naked mole rat colony longer than her cohorts... Read more
	Naked Mole Rat Maze ; ...Some tunnels are so narrow a naked mole rat can't turn around in them, so...roots and vegetables they eat. A naked mole rat can run backward just as fast...You Know? From nose to tail, a naked mole rat is only about three or four inches... Read more
	When is a rat like a bee? Weird creatures.(The Home Forum)(Kid Space) ; When it's a naked mole rat. Hidden in underground burrows throughout...ever see. Heterocephalus glaber, the naked mole rat, is the only mammal known to exhibit...dig tunnels and find food. The name, naked mole rat, appears to be a poor choice. They... Read more
	Naked and not: two species of mole rats run complex societies underground. ; ...hairless rodent known as the naked mole rat has achieved celebrity status...Journal has run a page-one story on naked mole rat charms. The subhead read: What...s basic biology resembles the naked mole rat's, its social structure has some... Read more
	Naked mole rat may hold key to aging ; ...based on an unlikely source: the naked mole rat. The oxidative stress theory of...contrary. Researchers compared the naked mole rat, which has a lifespan of 28 years...oxidative stress theory of aging, the naked mole rat should show better signs of oxidative... Read more
	Yo Wants to Know ; ...the hot African desert, Nick the naked mole rat is digging," reads Dad. "He loosens...go to Africa and see some real naked mole rats?" asks Yo. "The zoo is a lot...Dad, let's make our own naked mole rat book. We can call it Nick Moves... Read more
	NAKED MOLE RAT QUEEN RULES WITH A HARD HEAD ; ...death to be the queen. "To most people's eyes. (African) naked mole rats are ugly, but it's all in the eyes of the beholder...the University of Chicago. She is interested in how naked mole rats control reproduction. She has found out that it...inpregnate the queen when she chooses a male. In the ... Read more
	SHELLEYVISION: NAKED MOLE RAT FACT OF THE WEEK.(Features) ; Byline: JIM SHELLEY LIVING entirely underground, the Naked Mole Rat - which looks like a kind of hideous penis with gnashers - uses its teeth for digging. Uniquely, their lips close behind the teeth. That stops earth getting into their mouth. Life of Hamster head strikes again Mammals Read more
	Way out and in control // Unblinking eye on odd visionaries ; ...lion tamers and experts on naked mole rats. His new film is "Fast...figure out where and how naked mole rats prefer to defecate...there is Ray Mendez, the naked mole rat expert. Mole rats live in...looking into the eye of a naked mole rat and thinking, I ... Read more

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	naked mole rat naked mole rat name applied to a species...four litters per year. The mole rats divide up the specialized...central area for nesting. Naked mole rats are classified as Phylum...Author not available, NAKED MOLE RAT. , The Columbia Encyclopedia... Read more
	Heterocephalus glaber Heterocephalus glaber (naked mole rat) A hypogaeous rodent of the family Bathyergidae and the only mammal known to exhibit eusociality . Read more
	Bathyergidae Bathyergidae (mole rats; order Rodentia , suborder Hystricomorpha ) A family of mole-like rodents that live in shallow tunnels. Most...At least one species, Heterocephalus glaber (naked mole rat) is known to be eusocial like some insects... Read more
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	eusociality ...for the young, and performing other tasks necessary to the provisioning, defence, and welfare of the community. Eusociality occurs in many members of the Hymenoptera and is known in one mammal species, the naked mole rat ( Heterocephalus glaber . Read more

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