Ground-breaking study reveals colonies of mole-rats communicate with each other in their own dialect
A study by a team of scientists at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin, Germany and the University of Pretoria (UP) has found that naked mole-rats can communicate with one another within their own colony.
Two naked mole-rats greeting each other.
Life underground with family.
An older naked mole-rat checking up on its sibling.
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