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What a weird little creature. Any word on why they don't have any hair like other mammals? — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:11, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)

They have hair. It's just fine and sparse. Concentrated on their heads, base of tail, and between toes.

Naked mole rats were featured in the San Diego Zoo's February 2005 issue ZooNooz. According to this article, the queen mates with 1-3 chosen males, is attended by a few additional mole rats, and bears up to 80 pups a year. The remaining mole rats basically dig tunnels and find food. This article also states that the queen's aggression inhibits other females from becoming fertile, and notes that the absence of Substance P inhibits the feeling of pain. Once a female becomes queen, she actually grows longer as her vertebrae separate. The incisors are used for digging, and can actually be spread apart or drawn together, like chopstick, using muscles comprising about 1/4 of the total muscle mass - Carl Kaun (email in format lastname_firstname@bah.com)

I've been able to find surprisingly little info on naked mole rat diet. What do they eat underground out in the African desert? I'm assuming probably insects, but has their natural diet been ascertained? --Bk0 (Talk) 02:26, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

According to Daniel Dennett's book Darwin's Dangerous Idea (pg 484), they regularly eat their own feces. He doesn't say what else they eat, though... JordanDeLong 03:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They eat roots. Dora Nichov 03:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed a little word-usage error, "nearly unique." There are no degrees of unique. It either is or it isn't.

It looks better on kim possible.lolPeace, Cute 1 4 u 07:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the redirection from Sand Rat to this page is right. Sand Rat is from genus Psammomys and species obesus, which is different from the animal mentioned in this page.

I would agree, sand rats are usually gerbillines. --Aranae 17:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I do research on substance P and I am having trouble believing the statement that substance P can be injected into the mole rate and then it experiences pain. Could you supply me with the reference to this fact?Reidtwr 13:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]