More Fun Than Fun: The Unlikely Stardom of the Naked Mole Rat 03/03/2021
I knew about the naked mole rat (
Heterocephalus glaber) as a little curiosity in my field of research on social insects, the curiosity being that it is the only known eusocial (truly social) mammal, comparable in many ways to eusocial ants, bees and wasps. Imagine my surprise while browsing the internet when I came across a children’s book entitled
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by the American best-selling creator of children’s books, Mo Willems. In the story, one naked mole rat ‘Wilbur’ decides to be different and defy societal norms by wearing clothes, allowing the author to teach children about tolerating other people who may be different from us.
the 40s around washington. 50 in fredericksburg. 50 on the eastern shore in cam bring, maryland. 41 in hagerstown, maryland right now with a little bit of light rain and drizzle, southern pennsylvania, maryland. widen out the view. you notice this pinwheel of moisture is going a lot more west than south. so a lot of those showers now in western pennsylvania will head down into western west virginia. that s the reason i m a little bit more optimistic that it s not going to be as much rain today. don t stray too far from your umbrellas because we could cook up a couple of showers around here as early as about 1:00 or 2:00 this afternoon and as we get later into the day, especially into overnight tonight, a little better chance for rain coming back in. so not as rainy for your sunday but still cold and cloudy. get ready for that. we are ready. okay. thanks, chuck. that s all i can go. thank you so much, chuck. a scary moment yesterday for engineers repelling down the