Various ant species do a similar thing where their soldiers have really big, flat heads and when their nest gets attacked, the soldiers stick their head into the entrance way, so the attackers can't come inside.
Apparently, this kind of behaviour is referred to as phragmosis.
If I'm ever reincarnated as a mole rat, I know I have guaranteed employment.
Thank you America for growing your population so large. When climate change gets so bad that the dykes pop, we can just grab the nearest American to plug the hole and save humanity.
Hey, dykes are people too. I have it on good authority that many of them like biking.
Naked mole rats are considered an example of a truly "eusocial" mammal analogue to ants. More evidence for the idea that social behavior/societal grouping, once established in a species, characterizes it more potently than just about anything else in its genetic history. Chimps might be our closest genetic relatives, but the way we live and think is probably much more similar to these guys.
That Feeling When: You talk about butt plugs to a naked mole rat and it looks at you in total confusion.
