2019-06-14, 22:02
Pain free, thanks to evolution
African mole-rats are insensitive to many different kinds of pain. This characteristic has even allowed mole-rats to populate new habitats, researchers report. Thanks to a genetic change, the highveld mole-rat is able to live alongside venomous ants with painful stings that other mole-rats avoid.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...141533.htm
African mole-rats are insensitive to many different kinds of pain. This characteristic has even allowed mole-rats to populate new habitats, researchers report. Thanks to a genetic change, the highveld mole-rat is able to live alongside venomous ants with painful stings that other mole-rats avoid.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...141533.htm