Ground-breaking study reveals colonies of mole-rats communicate with each other in their own dialect

A study by a team of scientists at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin, Germany and the University of Pretoria (UP)

A study by a team of scientists at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin, Germany and the University of Pretoria (UP) has found that naked mole-rats can communicate with one another within their own colony. They do this with a unique dialect that is specific to that individual colony.

Ground-breaking study reveals colonies of mole-rats communicate with each other in their own dialect: An older naked mole-rat checking up on its sibling. Credit: Lorna Faulkes Photography (Respective credits)

Ground-breaking study reveals colonies of mole-rats communicate with each other in their own dialect: Life underground with family. Credit: Lorna Faulkes Photography (Respective credits)

An older naked mole-rat checking up on its sibling. Credit: Lorna Faulkes Photography
Life underground with family. Credit: Lorna Faulkes Photography

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