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Sal Minella

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Sun Feb-22-09 01:33 PM
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74. Amazing adaptations the mole rat critters have -- social organization of a beehive, for one thing.

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Their burrows are dark and stuffy places, and naked mole-rats have evolved to survive in these low-oxygen, high-carbon-dioxide environments. Their metabolic rate is less than half that of a typical rodent, and their specially adapted hemoglobin efficiently captures oxygen for the blood stream.
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http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2002/3/nakedmolerats.cfm

Maybe we need to take lessons from them --

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