The naked mole rat's furry cousin also feels no pain


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Animals

Immunity to discomfort seems to run in the family.

The naked mole rat gets so much press, you’d think it was the only mole rat in town. Sure those hairless weirdos can survive at oxygen levels below that of Mount…
via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2wuuCQT"

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