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Animal Guide: Queen Naked Mole-Rat

The naked mole-rat, which is in fact neither a mole nor a rat, is one of only two "eusocial" mammals; as with social insects such as bees and ants, young are produced by only one female in a colony -- the queen.

Oct 8th, 2008 | 2 comments | 5,412 Views
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