Naked mole-rat (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Naked mole-rat

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They look like shriveled sausages on four legs, but they are prime candidates for scientific study: naked mole rats spend their entire lives underground, feel very little pain, and are exceptionally long-lived for a rodent.

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Felix Petermann / MDC

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