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Like humans, naked mole-rats have regional accents
Rahul Rao
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The naked mole rat may be weird looking, but they re surprisingly complex creatures.
If you want to see an elaborate animal society in action, look no further than the naked mole-rat. These pale wrinkly little rodents, indigenous to East Africa, live in underground colonies with rigid roles and elaborate social hierarchies under the stewardship of a queen. And each colony, researchers think, has its own accent.
“We think that this vocal cue is maybe one way in which they can recognize who’s going to have access to the limited supply.and who might be trying to invade,” says Alison Barker, a neuroscientist at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, Germany. ....

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