Philadelphia Zoo - Naked Mole Rat
by Richard Reeve
Title
Philadelphia Zoo - Naked Mole Rat
Artist
Richard Reeve
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Philadelphia zoo has a fascinating colony of naked mole rats (aka desert mole rats or sand puppies) which are one of only 2 species of eusocial mammals, living in a colony of 70-200 like bees and ants, with a queen. they are very long-lived (up to 31 years) live in low oxygen environment, have few pain receptors and have a very high resistance to cancer (never recorded in fact), making them the journal SCIENCE's "vertebrate of the year" in 2013!
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February 1st, 2014
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Comments (3)
Meg Shearer
Great shot Richard! Not very cute, are they... But wonderful in b&w! L/F!
Richard Reeve replied:
Thank you, Meg. They are actually under a yellow light. You are right about them not being the prettiest, but they are fascinating though!
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