https://www.popsci.com/naked-mole-rat-queen-facts#page-2
This article is written solely about the facts most people do not know about the elusive naked mole rats. Being a biology major I was truly intrigued by this article and I fell for the click bait. I learned quite a bit about this strange species. Naked mole rats are what is known as a eusocial species, meaning the group collectively cares for young and there is a queen at the head of the population. The largest female in the population is generally the queen and she can prevent puberty in other females in the population so that none of the other females reproduce. The exact mechanism by which this occurs is still unknown, but it is known that if a female leaves the colony she beings to sexually mature. Naked mole rats are found to also murder other individuals in the population as well as cuddle with other members in the population to maintain body heat. The animals themselves struggle to maintain warmth and are often founding snuggling. Scientists also recently studied and found that naked mole rats can survive at much less oxygen than humans, and even laboratory mice. Scientists also recently learned that naked mole rats do not experience pain similar to many other animals. Nor do naked mole rats experience death from old age the way many other animals, including humans, do. This fact will be further studied as to its human medical applications.
Most people will not care about the exact details of the lives of naked mole rats, but the potential medical applications could benefit all of humanity. There was not much bias present in this article as it was a statement of naked mole rat facts. There were no sides being taken for or against the naked mole rats; this was truly a statement of facts. I am really interested in this, as I want to enter the field of biological research. After my undergraduate education, I would like to pursue higher education in the field of biology and research either plants or animals and their interactions with the environment. Naked mole rats may provide a link to the future of medicine, and maybe one day I will look into this and research this.