It’s time for #moleratmonday, where we bring you a fun fact about the naked mole rat, and it’s also Monday 🐀 Today’s fact:
For a rodent, they have an incredibly long lifespan. It’s estimated to be ~10 years in the wild, and 30+ in captivity! The price: they’re super wrinkly even when they’re young
Welcome back to #moleratmonday, where we tell you a fun fact about the naked mole rat every Monday! 🐀 Today’s fact:
They aren't really naked: Naked mole rats are covered with tactile hairs, concentrated in important areas like their face and toes. This helps make up for their very poor eyesight 👀
Naked mole rats in the media! We often see them in the context of cancer, but naked mole rats present a LOT of interesting biology that can teach us many things
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Nice work!
Welcome to #moleratmonday, where every Monday we'll share a fun fact about the naked mole rat! 🐀 Today's fact:
Naked mole rats are one of two eusocial mammals, meaning they live in colonies with a single breeding female, like bees 🐝 the other eusocial mammal? Also a mole rat!
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Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat url: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!
How about eating Naked Mole Rats…… oh wait…. aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
Congratulations to the team on all their hard work on developing this first of its kind model! @andreaventura.bsky.social @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @wtklab.bsky.social
@kytsailab.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social
