Make room for me! (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Make room for me!

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Naked mole-rats are eusocial animals. Within their colonies there is a strict hierarchy which affects how the rodents overtake each other in their tunnels. They also chirp constantly - for example to greet each other.

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Colin Lewin

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