AndrocatSurely somewhere, someone has crafted an army of naked mole skaven?
Piia BartosYou need to read about naked mole rats this Friday.
MadsNaked Mole rat.
Just below the surface of the East African savannah is a reality so different that it almost surpasses the imagination.
As the name suggests, the naked mole rat is largely hairless with the exception of some very sensitive "whiskers" distributed all over the body. The concentration of these is greatest on the head and tail, and there is a very special reason for that. The naked mole rat has very poor eyesight and instead uses the whiskers to orient themselves in the dark. It does this by moving the head or tail from side to side when it either walks forward or backwards, and thus uses the whiskers as a form of small white cane. #photography #nature #denmark #randersregnskov #zoo #photo #darktable #sonya7iii #danmark #nakedmolerat #sleep
Just below the surface of the East African savannah is a reality so different that it almost surpasses the imagination.
As the name suggests, the naked mole rat is largely hairless with the exception of some very sensitive "whiskers" distributed all over the body. The concentration of these is greatest on the head and tail, and there is a very special reason for that. The naked mole rat has very poor eyesight and instead uses the whiskers to orient themselves in the dark. It does this by moving the head or tail from side to side when it either walks forward or backwards, and thus uses the whiskers as a form of small white cane. #photography #nature #denmark #randersregnskov #zoo #photo #darktable #sonya7iii #danmark #nakedmolerat #sleep
ainsley (any prns)wait did i ever show off my naked mole rat base
i don’t know why anyone would ever need this but here it is i guess
free PSD here: https://ko-fi.com/s/1949ee4b23
paul#nakedMoleRat is @Alice's fursona.
i personally happen to know alice's fursona is a naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber).
this is a safe space for your deviancy.
PLOS BiologyWhy are animals like #NakedMoleRat (NMR) so resistant to #hypoxia & #cancer? This study shows that embryonic fibroblasts from NMRs overexpress #histone 1.2, reducing #tumor formation via the NRF2/P62 pathway & improving resistance to hypoxia #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4fYjAbd
Comparative time-series multi-omics analyses suggest H1.2 involvement in anoxic adaptation and cancer resistance
Some long-lived animals, like the naked mole rat, are extraordinarily resistant to hypoxia and cancer. These authors show that embryonic fibroblasts from these animals overexpress histone 1.2, reducing tumor formation via the NRF2/P62 pathway and improving resistance to hypoxia.
ScienceActuallyNaked mole-rats exhibit natural resistance to cancer by producing a unique form of hyaluronic acid that helps prevent cells from overcrowding and forming tumors.
