Naked Mole Rat Trivia Quiz Answers
Naked Mole Rat Trivia Quiz Answers
Last week we asked you to take a good, long look at the naked mole rat in our Naked Mole Rat Trivia Quiz. Now, we reveal the answers.
- The naked mole rat is not a mole or a rat, but is most closely related to which species?
ANSWER: B) Porcupine. I don't see a resemblance. Do you?
ANSWER: B) They live underground so they don’t need hair to protect them from the sun. I don’t know this for a fact, but I bet they like their hairless look, too. I bet when they pass each other in the tunnel, they give each other high-fives and say, “Lookin’ good, bro!”
ANSWER: B) Game room
ANSWER: B) They bring her food all day long. It sounds like a sweet life, but the queen has to have all the babies for the colony, up to 100 babies a year! Imagine taking care of 100 babies!
ANSWER: C) She has to fight other females to the death. Even after she becomes queen, she still has to fight off challengers who want her position – and watch the babies at the same time! By the way, there is no king. The queen rules the naked mole rat colony alone!
ANSWER: C) So they all smell the same. They identify the members of their own colony by their smell, so they can tell right away if someone has been rolling around in a different colony’s poop pile. Intruder alert!
I hope you enjoyed learning about the naked mole rat and can now see past their looks to appreciate the truly bizarre and fascinating creatures they are. To be honest, I think they are actually kind of cute! Do you? Leave a Comment.
— Sonja, STACKS Staffer
Facts and images courtesy of San Diego Zoo
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Comment #1 | Posted by: Dookie on February 12, 2013 at 10:20 AM
INTERESTING
Comment #2 | Posted by: pinkagent25 on February 12, 2013 at 11:55 AM
if that thing was in my house i would be scared to death what is wrong with that animal is it a hamster lol
Comment #3 | Posted by: candyblue437 on February 14, 2013 at 11:03 AM
um i think this is just not that thing that i would take my hole day looking at
Comment #4 | Posted by: p on February 19, 2013 at 10:53 AM
ITS SO CUTE. its a hamster! wait... AHH! its not a hamster!!!!!
Comment #5 | Posted by: kittenflying8 on February 19, 2013 at 11:08 AM
XD :D XD :D XD :D hamster. nope its not a hamster. D: D: D: D: D:
Comment #6 | Posted by: kittenflying8 on February 19, 2013 at 11:11 AM
freaky mutant hamster thingy. (sang to the theme of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Comment #7 | Posted by: kittenflying8 on February 19, 2013 at 11:14 AM
that like my friend
Comment #8 | Posted by: Greenice47 on February 22, 2013 at 12:45 PM
that look like my friend
Comment #9 | Posted by: greenice47 on February 28, 2013 at 12:15 PM
I'm doing a report on the naked mole rat after reading this! Btw I think it's cute (my friends dissagree on that though)
Comment #10 | Posted by: Megan on March 09, 2013 at 08:17 AM
that wierd and nasty
Comment #11 | Posted by: maria on March 11, 2013 at 01:53 PM
yuck that thing lookes grows and wierd.. it creapes me out
Comment #12 | Posted by: candycake492 on March 15, 2013 at 07:19 PM
That is disgusting, whether it is a mole or rat.
Comment #13 | Posted by: Dragon on March 26, 2013 at 12:00 PM
that is the uglyiest thing i ever seen
Comment #14 | Posted by: bluecastle140 on April 19, 2013 at 12:16 PM
that is scary
Comment #15 | Posted by: candyblue437 on April 24, 2013 at 11:15 AM