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。

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。

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。

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

裸鼹鼠遵循严格的社会结构。

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。

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。

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。

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

裸鼹鼠没有足够的氧气来做到这一点。

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。

Naked mole rats can thrive in low oxygen in part because they've abandoned one of the body functions that requires the most oxygen: thermoregulation.

裸鼹鼠能在低氧的环境下生长，部分原因是因为它们放弃部分需要大量氧气的身体机能：温度调节。

And naked mole rats aren't alone in not aging: rockfish, lobsters, and bristlecone pines also seem to stay forever young… or at least forever middle-aged.

抗衰老的生物可不止无毛鼹鼠，还包括岩鱼，龙虾和狐尾松等，它们都永葆青春，最老也不过是中年。

Living in a colony helps naked mole rats find enough food, but when so many animals live in the same underground space, oxygen quickly runs out.

居住在这样的一个能够找到充足食物的群落里，但是大量的动物同时居住在一个空间里氧气很快就会被耗尽。

And for animals like bees and naked mole rats that live in dense colonies, hygiene is a big concern.

对于蜜蜂和裸鼹鼠等生活在密集群落中的动物来说， 卫生是一个大问题。

Age-defying species like naked mole rats, however, pump out high levels of a telomere-rebuilding enzyme that enables them to keep on replacing old and dysfunctional cells indefinitely.

而像无毛鼹鼠这样能够抗衰老的物种，体内能生产强大的端粒体再生酶，这足以支撑它们不断地更新细胞。

Naked mole rats can thrive in low oxygen in part because they’ve abandoned one of the body functions that requires the most oxygen: thermoregulation.

裸鼹鼠可以在低氧环境中茁壮成长，部分原因是它们放弃了一种最需要氧气的身体功能：体温调节。