Despite their names, Naked Mole Rats are neither moles nor rats.

虽然它们的名字是这么取的，裸鼹鼠既不是鼹鼠也不是老鼠。

Naked mole rats don't get enough oxygen to do this.

裸鼹鼠并没有足够的氧气来这样做。

Well, shave me down and call me a mole rat. You found another mammoth.

把我毛剃光 叫我鼹鼠 竟然还有头长毛象!

A mole rat's incisor teeth can move on their own, working together like chopsticks.

鼹鼠的门牙可以自行移动，像筷子一样共同工作。

A large workforce has a much better chance, so naked mole rats live in colonies.

唯有大量的劳动力才更有可能性，所以裸鼹鼠以群落生活。

However, as amazing as naked mole rats are, they can only pause their aging.

然而，尽管无毛鼹鼠很神奇，也仅仅是可以做到暂停衰老。

Naked mole rats are, in fact, the only mammals known to have this ability.

裸鼹鼠实际上是唯一一个有这种能力的哺乳动物。

In response to a real oxygen emergency, naked mole rats enter a state of suspended animation.

如果真的遇到了紧急缺氧的情况，裸鼹鼠就会进入停滞运动状态。

Could we replicate the naked mole rat's use of the fructose pathway for human health?

我们能复制裸鼹鼠使用果糖的方法，使得人类的健康也能从中受益吗？

Bald and buck-toothed, naked mole rats may not be pretty, but they're extraordinary.

光头龅牙的的裸鼹鼠也许算不上漂亮，但他们确实不同寻常。

So eventually, every naked mole rat, pine tree, and jellyfish will ultimately meet its end.

所以最终无毛鼹鼠、狐尾松和灯塔水母都将会迎来生命的终结。

Take the naked mole rat, unlike their less-naked brethren, they don't appear to age after reaching adulthood.

就比如无毛鼹鼠，与它们毛发旺盛的表亲不同，成年之后，他们的外表就不再变化。

Also like insects, naked mole rats have a rigid social structure.

裸鼹鼠遵循严格的社会结构。

In the deserts of East Africa, naked mole rats feed on root vegetables.

在东非的沙漠里，裸鼹鼠以植物根部为食。

Naked mole rats don't care because they seem to be immune to cancer, but we humans certainly aren't.

可无毛鼹鼠并不需要考虑这些，因为他们似乎可以做到免疫癌症，显然我们人类无法做到。

In fact, no other mammal could survive the oxygen depletion experienced in a naked mole rat colony.

事实上，没有其他任何哺乳动物能够在裸鼹鼠那种氧气短缺的情况下生存。

Housing up to 300 mole rats, these colonies feature complex underground tunnel systems, nest chambers, and community bathrooms.

一个巢穴居住着最多 300 只裸鼹鼠，这些群落以地下管道系统为显著特征，还有像大厅一样的巢穴以及公共厕所。

Human brain and heart cells have some cellular machinery to use fructose, but not nearly as much as naked mole rats.

人的大脑和心细胞有着一些消耗果糖的细胞机制，但是跟裸鼹鼠就差得很远了。

The only exception is an unusual African rodent, the naked mole rat.

唯一的例外是一种不寻常的非洲啮齿动物，即裸鼹鼠。

Bald and buck-toothed, naked mole rats may not be pretty, but they’re extraordinary.

秃顶龅牙的裸鼹鼠可能不漂亮，但它们非凡。