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.
Rumpus Media expands, promotes development team Rumpus Media, the London-based indie founded by Emily Hudd and Iain Wimbush, has cemented the top line structure within its development team with the promotions of Fintan Maguire and Morgan Roberts.
Maguire (pictured), . December 21, 2020
Rumpus Media, the London-based indie founded by Emily Hudd and Iain Wimbush, has cemented the top line structure within its development team with the promotions of Fintan Maguire and Morgan Roberts.
Maguire (pictured), who joined Rumpus in 2017 as head of popular factual, is to become director of factual.
During his three-year tenure at Rumpus, Maguire has developed and executive produced a range of factual series for Channel 5 including