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2. It shows that every inhabitant of a mole-rat colony is a close relative.

3. (Hulʹdah) [feminine form of Heled, meaning “Duration of Life; System of Things”; or, possibly, “Mole Rat”].

4. At birth, a mole-rat pup weighs less than a penny! NAked mole-rats are one of the only true eusocial mammals, meaning they live in large colonies with just one breeding female, called the queen.

5. 29 “‘These are the swarming creatures of the earth that are unclean to you: the mole rat, the mouse,+ every kind of lizard, 30 the gecko, the large lizard, the newt, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.