It's #moleratmonday, where we provide the naked mole rat facts you've been dying to know! 🐀 They use their long teeth to help them dig tunnels 🦷 it looks like they have two, but it's actually four! And they can move each one independently! (Image: Smithsonian's National Zoo (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Hello Monday! #moleratmonday is here 🐀 Naked mole rats can run backwards as fast as they can run forward 🏃 This no doubt helps them navigate the tight tunnel systems they live in! ⛏️

It's #moleratmonday, where you get to learn about naked mole rats🐀 Today's fact: Naked mole rat's are known to be resistant (but not immune!) to cancer development. Of course, we all want to know how! To learn more, why not check out our 2020 review? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The use of non-traditional models in the study of cancer resistance—the case of the naked mole rat - Oncogene

Oncogene - The use of non-traditional models in the study of cancer resistance—the case of the naked mole rat

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Welcome back to #moleratmonday, your place to learn everything there is to know about naked mole rats 🐀 Today’s fact: Naked mole rats are poikilothermic, meaning their body temperature fluctuates considerably with the ambient temp, rendering them effectively cold-blooded 🌡️🩸

It’s Monday, so it’s time for #moleratmonday 🐀 Today’s fact: Watch them live! 📹 The Smithsonian National Zoo has two live webcams featuring their naked mole rat enclosure. Check them out: nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/nake... #nakedmolerat

Naked Mole-rat Cam

Watch the Naked Mole-Rat Cam for an inside look at how these unusual rodents spend their lives.

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Hello, it’s #moleratmonday, where we slowly let everyone know how weird naked mole rats are 🐀 Today’s fact: They are great architects, digging complicated tunnel systems underground to house their colonies. In larger colonies, the tunnels can extend more than a mile, and reach a depth of 2 meters ⛏️

Once again, it’s #moleratmonday, where we provide a naked mole rat fact every Monday 🐀 Today’s fact: Their scientific name is Heterocephalus glaber, which means “different-headed” and “hairless”, a pretty on-the-nose description! #nakedmolerat

It’s #moleratmonday, where we bring you a fun fact about the naked mole rat, every Monday 🐀 Last week we mentioned their long lifespans, but saved the best part for this week: The current record for the oldest naked mole rat is 40 years old! It lived in the care of the Rochelle Buffenstein lab ❤️

It’s time for #moleratmonday, where we bring you a fun fact about the naked mole rat, and it’s also Monday 🐀 Today’s fact: For a rodent, they have an incredibly long lifespan. It’s estimated to be ~10 years in the wild, and 30+ in captivity! The price: they’re super wrinkly even when they’re young

Welcome back to #moleratmonday, where we tell you a fun fact about the naked mole rat every Monday! 🐀 Today’s fact: They aren't really naked: Naked mole rats are covered with tactile hairs, concentrated in important areas like their face and toes. This helps make up for their very poor eyesight 👀

Naked mole rats in the media! We often see them in the context of cancer, but naked mole rats present a LOT of interesting biology that can teach us many things #nakedmolerat

Aksentijevic Lab@dunjaaks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Honoured to be invited by French national TV to discuss our latest discoveries on naked mole rat cardiac metabolic and physiological resilience. Proud to see our published work featured alongside international leaders in the field. www.tf1.fr/tf1/jt-20h/v...

Welcome to #moleratmonday, where every Monday we'll share a fun fact about the naked mole rat! 🐀 Today's fact: Naked mole rats are one of two eusocial mammals, meaning they live in colonies with a single breeding female, like bees 🐝 the other eusocial mammal? Also a mole rat! #nakedmolerat

Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat url: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov... Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!

Congratulations to the team on all their hard work on developing this first of its kind model! @andreaventura.bsky.social @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @wtklab.bsky.social @kytsailab.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social

Elizabeth McKenna@elizsmckenna.bsky.social · last yr.

Now online in Cancer Discovery @aacrjournals.bsky.social: An Autochthonous Model of Lung Cancer Identifies Requirements for Cellular Transformation in the Naked Mole-Rat - by Alyssa Shepard, Daniel Lester, @kissillab.bsky.social, and colleagues doi.org/10.1158/2159... @moffittnews.bsky.social