Naked mole rat

the various rodents depicted in the video Chisellers have adapted to fit the many different environments they reside in. There are about 1,300 different species of rats and mice making them the largest that exists to this day. They are equipped with ever growing cheek teeth that replace what has been ground away. One in such mammal depicted within the video was the Kangaroo Rat. They have a quite interesting form of locomotion where they hop much like a kangaroo. Kangaroo Rats have extraordinary hearing, which is an important aspect of their survival in the wild. They as well have large cheek pouches on the outer surface of their cheeks that they use to carry seeds back to their burrows. This enables them to carry large loads of food back to their burrows at a given time, lessening their exposure in the open. When being as small as a Kangaroo Rat, adaptations are key component to their survival in the wild.…

The naked mole rat and the blind mole rat have developed unique anti-cancer mechanisms compared to other mammals. Mammals typically have several methods, such as inducing apoptosis, releasing cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (bound to CDK complexes) which signal cells to stop within a stage of the cell cycle, and contact inhibition in which cells stop growing once they make contact with each other. These mole rats’ distinct mechanisms modify contact inhibition and apoptosis to achieve the…

The naked mole rat is a very strange mammal for many many reasons. Mole rats run a monarchy in their colonies and the queen fights and claws her way up to the top, they are deemed completely immune to the cancer disease, and one of the strangest of all; naked mole rats don’t die of old age. That’s right naked mole rats are just as likely to die at age 1 as they are age 30. Rochelle Buffenstein has been studying naked mole rats for the past 30 years. She has recorded every birth date and every…

Naked mole rats may not be the cutest of animals, but they are very important; they are contributing to medicines for various diseases. These odd creatures are fascinating to see and watch. Naked mole rats are very interesting animals and will capture your attention very easily. Despite the name, naked mole rats are not totally hairless; neither are they are moles or rats! You won’t find thick fur on these animals, but they do have tiny hairs that can improve their navigation in underground…

In his 1997 documentary film Fast, Cheap and Out of Control, Errol Morris directs the fascination of a man’s action that profoundly emanates his relationship with the world around him. The four men: Dave Hoover, a Wild Animal Tamer; Ray Mendez, the Hairless Mole-Rat Specialist; George Mendonca, a Topiary Gardener; and Rodney Brooks, a Robotic Scientist, each obsessed to create unconventional worlds of their aspirations. The film has a disrupted narrative format, interweaving interviews with…

semi-aquatic environment caused the apes to hunt deeper into the water for food ; thus becoming more comfortable in the water, causing the apes bodies to alter in ways most effective for water. For example the apes would have shed their fur so that they could swim faster.The theory states that a large population of the apes had been isolated on an island type of an environment when East-Africa flooded. Since the population was isolated, the apes would have to go to the sea for further survival.…

more unique when my brother and I stopped seeing my father on weekends, and my step-siblings lost their mother to a heart attack. At this point, we became the only family the others had. Our blended family became less blended and more solidified. I stopped referring to them as step-siblings, but rather just my siblings. As the youngest, I was the prime target for much mockery and ridicule. My sister developed a nickname for me when I was in middle school: Naked Mole Rat. Honestly, it’s a…

Animals are awe-inspiring. They not only give people the love and care they need, but they do many things that save people's lives every day. Animals have recently been contributing to finding the cure to cancer. According to Emma Ross in “ Dogs able to smell cancer” Exactly 27 years ago two English dermatologists found a case of a woman who had a cancerous mole on her leg. The women described it when her dog sniffed the mole and tried to bite it when she was wearing shorts. The mole ended up…

The naked mole rat may not look like the best animal to cuddle with but this species has very distinctive physical aspects, it’s the only mammal to maintain its body temperature in any environment. Naked mole rats also feel no pain. They have high respiratory rate and a low metabolic rate and are resistant to cancer since they lack the p16 gene, and can live up to thirty years, which is the longest life span for any living rodent! And not to mention that it's naked! 10. No, it’s not lopsided,…

highly deleterious mutations that occur in surface animals are neutral in cave animals (Figure 1B). Researchers continue to dispute whether the regression of eyes and pigment loss in cave dwellers are factors of genetic drift or natural selection. Previous studies have demonstrated that genetic drift, natural selection or both can significantly contribute to the loss of vision in troglobionts. The loss of eyes: Insights from developmental biology The eyes first develop and then regress in cave…