NAKED MOLE RATS!!!
December 28, 2001 10:40 AM   Subscribe

NAKED MOLE RATS!!! Aren't they cute?
posted by peterme (15 comments total)
 
actually they look kinda like leeches with legs.
posted by jonmc at 10:43 AM on December 28, 2001


Ew... where are the dressed ones?
posted by bschoate at 10:50 AM on December 28, 2001


For more about naked mole rats, and (I think) about the creation of the exhibit that the link goes to, see Errol Morris's excellent documentary, Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control.
posted by bingo at 10:50 AM on December 28, 2001


Next time, please put a "Not safe for work" warning in the post. I didn't really think they'd be, y'know, naked.
posted by Skot at 11:01 AM on December 28, 2001


The really tragic part is when the Naked Mole Rat's exponentially increasing intelligence comes only at the cost of shortening his life. Of course, with his newly-gained insight, he can appreciate the poetic angst of his plight, only serving to make it more heartwrenching. Cliff Robertson gives an excellent performance as Naked Mole Rat #1.
posted by Kafkaesque at 11:07 AM on December 28, 2001


Fast, Cheap & Out of Control is an excellent documentary. (This promo site hasn't changed in 4 years!).

More on Errol Morris.

More on Ray Mendez, the naked mole rat specialist from the movie.
posted by peterme at 11:07 AM on December 28, 2001


oh good, I just spent half an hour watching little wrinkled brown animals move back and forth inside a plastic bubble.
posted by rabi at 11:30 AM on December 28, 2001


How do you think god feels?
posted by Kafkaesque at 11:34 AM on December 28, 2001


How do you think god feels?

Very, very dirty.
posted by j.edwards at 11:41 AM on December 28, 2001


"That is what we all thought. We had reckoned without naked mole rats."
--Richard Dawkins
posted by moss at 12:13 PM on December 28, 2001


The really tragic part is when the Naked Mole Rat's exponentially increasing intelligence comes only at the cost of shortening his life.

"I want more life, fucker!" -- Boy Raty, Mole Runner
posted by kindall at 12:47 PM on December 28, 2001


I didn't know they have a Naked Mole-Rat Colony Cam, but I often go to see the Panda Cams. They are so cute...
posted by Flor at 12:51 PM on December 28, 2001


Am I the only one who thought of Phil Dick's "Brezhnev Bears" on seeing the topic?
posted by cps at 5:08 PM on December 28, 2001


Those are really cute, but what about the poor Pygmy Shrew? (Flash required).
posted by maudlin at 6:22 AM on December 29, 2001


For those of you in Saint Louis, visit the Children's Zoo for the real thing. The keeper was explaining that they are colony creatures, with workers, warriors, and queens. In fact, at the time we saw them, they had imported a new queen who had lost her bid for power when her new litter failed to live. I'd love one myself, but, according to the specialists, that's impossible. They MUST live in a group. Oh, well...

(I'm going to go dig out my "A face only a mother could love: Naked mole rat" t-shirt now...)

The best part is, though, just saying their name. Say "naked mole rat" three times, then try not to grin...
posted by Samizdata at 11:38 AM on December 29, 2001


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