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- Do naked mole-rats have male workers?
- Do naked mole-rat soldiers reproduce?
- How does a naked mole-rat reproduce?
- Why are naked mole-rats naked?
- Do all mole rats reproduce?
- Is there a queen rat?
- What kind of plants do naked mole rats eat?
- Does the naked mole rat age?
- Can mole rats swim?
- Do naked mole rats need water?
- What can a naked mole rat chew through?
Do naked mole-rats have male workers?
A naked mole-rat colony consists of a female queen and male pashas, who are the only reproducing members of the colony, and up to 300 subordinates, such as male and female workers.
Do naked mole-rat soldiers reproduce?
A colony of Naked Mole Rats has a caste system with one female (called a queen) and one to three males (called soldiers); the rest of the rats are sterile workers. The queen and soldiers breed at about one year old and the queen and males maintain a relationship for several years.
How does a naked mole-rat reproduce?
Only one female in a colony of naked mole-rats produces offspring; this female is called the queen. She mates with only a few of the colony's males, and these relationships can remain stable for many years.
Why are naked mole-rats naked?
Why are they "naked"? Native to the desert regions of East Africa, which can be pretty warm during the day, naked mole-rats live underground. 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.
Do all mole rats reproduce?
Since September 2008 there is such a colony with 19 animals at the Berlin Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW). The naked mole-rats did not have to dig their own burrow at the IZW. When they arrived in September 2008 a comfortable tunnel labyrinth with several Plexiglas chambers was waiting for them.
Is there a queen rat?
Colony Behavior
Several dozen rats live together in colonies led by one dominant rat—the queen. As in some insect species, the queen is the only naked mole rat female to breed and bear young.
What kind of plants do naked mole rats eat?
Naked mole rats feed almost exclusively on large plant tubers. A tuber is a large section of a plant's root that is used to store nutrients. The tubers are much larger than the rats, and can sustain an entire colony for months or even years.
Does the naked mole rat age?
With their large buck teeth and wrinkled, hairless bodies, naked mole rats won't be winning any awards for cutest rodent. But their long life span—they can live up to 30 years, the longest of any rodent—and remarkable resistance to age-related diseases, offer scientists key clues to the mysteries of aging and cancer.
Can mole rats swim?
No sheath. With all these deviations, it's no surprise that the naked mole rat's sperm won't be winning any races. Only between 1 and 15 percent of them can actually swim, and just 1 percent of these can swim quickly. The vast majority move at a slow crawl; they might even be the slowest sperm of any mammal.
Do naked mole rats need water?
Naked mole-rats don't drink water.
They get all the hydration they need from their plant-based diet! Mole-rats eat the underground parts of plants. They typically only consume part of a root or tuber, leaving enough behind for it to survive and provide another meal.
What can a naked mole rat chew through?
Naked mole rats can chew through concrete and bite through a human hand. They spend their lives burrowing beneath the East African dirt in search of giant tubers and roots.
