Naked mole rats did not get the memo that they are supposed to be mammals and henceforth lost most of their hair, became eusocial, lost the ability to thermoregulate (essentially making them the only “cold blooded” mammal), and slowed their metabolism to the point where they can go without oxygen for a ridiculously long amount of time and live 20-30 years while other similarly sized mammals usually live around 2-3 years. Oh and they are almost entirely immune to cancer.
I love these adorable little freaks of nature.
No but it’s much crazier than that, they didn’t just slow their metaboism they evolved the ability to metabolise fructose in place of glucose and just respire anaerobically for up to half an hour.
Like, things that can do that are them and plants
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