4 thoughts on “Episode 48: Naked mole rats”

1. Thomas June 30, 2013 at 5:59 PM

   Only eusocial mammal besides…. us… right? My reference-book here is E.O. Wilson’s Social Conquest of Earth, which is kinda badass, if you’re looking for another badass science thing. Though he’s more of an ant guy than a mole rat guy.

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2. Steve July 3, 2013 at 6:42 PM

   Maybe they have shitty sperm because they don’t have enough tastebuds in their balls.

   “Your balls can taste things”
   http://planetivy.com/offbeat/55463/your-balls-can-taste-things/
   “Genetic loss or pharmacological blockade of testes-expressed taste genes causes male sterility”
   http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/06/26/1302827110

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3. J. Mentoleum Hitzig July 18, 2013 at 8:22 PM

   Guys, guys, on the topic of human sperm competition: It sounds like you are forgetting about rape.

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4. Lee Anderson August 3, 2016 at 8:28 PM

   You will virtually never get the same genome aas your sibling from a parent because of Genetic Recombination.

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