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The largest slime mold ever recorded was 3 feet wide and 30 feet long. Imagine a slime mold covering the aisle of your school bus!


Naked mole rat is a busy little bee


Naked mole rat is a busy little bee
The naked mole rat is almost hairless, and lives in colonies like bees and ants. They are the only mammals that are eusocial (live in colonies). The queen heads a colony of 20 to 300 naked mole rats and is the only member who has babies. Naked mole rats dig tunnels with their buck-teeth, and their teeth and jaws are so strong they can even chew through concrete! The tunnels of the colonies can be 3 metres deep and spread over hundreds of metres. One colony in Kenya was bigger than 10 football fields!
FEBRUARY 7, 2001
Vancouver Sun
FEBRUARY 7, 2001

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