Nature

This rodent lives like a beehive — one queen, and workers that don't reproduce

Naked mole-rats are one of only two mammal species known to be eusocial: a single breeding queen suppresses reproduction in dozens of other colony members, who instead dig tunnels and care for her young, much like a beehive or ant nest. They're also remarkably cancer-resistant and can survive up to 18 minutes without oxygen, making them one of biology's most-studied oddities.

Jennifer U. M. Jarvis, Eusociality in a Mammal: Cooperative Breeding in Naked Mole-Rat Colonies — Science, 1981

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