If you think a blind, nearly hairless rodent that lives underground can’t get much stranger, then buckle up. There’s a lot more to these weird (and wonderful) rodents than meets the eye!
If a predator tries to enter a tunnel, “soldier” mole-rats pile up to block the entrance and protect
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/naked-mole-rat
Naked mole-rats are pink, nearly hairless subterranean rodents that live in burrows in eastern Africa. These surprisingly long-lived animals are one of the only true eusocial mammals; they live in large colonies in which only one female breeds and the majority of individuals spend their lives working for the colony.
is a great deal of branching and interconnection of tunnels, with the result that a colony’s total tunnel
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