#nakedmolerats — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐭🧪 Naked mole-rat queens secrete a chemical called isopropyl myristate that suppresses fertility in rivals.

Researchers in #Berlin found the compound, which remains stable on tunnel surfaces for roughly 24 hours, works as a non violent alternative to bullying. The scent alone prevented breeding and colony takeovers even when the #queen was removed.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/naked-mole-rat-queens-keep-their-colonies-in-line-with-a-scent/

#nakedmolerats #pheromones #biology #animals #behavior #science #reproduction #maxdelbrückcenter #neurobiology #olfaction #rodents #nature #chemistry

15-Apr-2026
Can #nakedMoleRats peacefully hand over power?
Salk Institute researchers discover that, contrary to dogma, naked mole rats are capable of peaceful queen succession, demonstrating unappreciated flexibility in their #socialOrder

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123968

#science #zoology #animals #behaviour #ethology

Another masterpiece by @theoatmeal.com:

We need to talk about #nakedmolerats - #TheOatmeal
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/naked_mole_rats?no_popup=1 🤓👍

Nature is really incredible. 😯

#NakedMoleRats Prefer Low- #Oxygen Air That Would Kill Most #Mammals, Adding to Their List of Death-Defying Superpowers

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/naked-mole-rats-prefer-low-oxygen-air-that-would-kill-most-mammals-adding-to-their-list-of-death-defying-superpowers-180987997/

Some #NakedMoleRats Are Just Born to #Clean #Toilets, Study Suggests

https://gizmodo.com/some-naked-mole-rats-are-just-born-to-clean-toilets-study-suggests-2000670578

24-Jun-2025
What can molecules in #ants and #nakedMoleRats tell us about societal roles?
Penn's Shelley Berger and colleagues explored the genetic basis of labor distribution in communal-dwelling species and discovered that pathways dating back hundreds of millions of years are conserved across animal kingdoms.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1088598

#science #ecology #behaviour #evolution

I love naked mole rats. They exemplify communal control of individual physiology, they are social, very ugly and live long for their size and some of this, improbably may be due to a giant polysaccharide. #nakedmolerats #aging
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06463-0

Today's weird gacha series (9 of 9): Go put some clothes on, you naked mole rat!

Alright, that's all for today... More sooner or later.

#GachaGacha #Gashapon #Gacha #Japan #NakedMoleRats