# I want to be a naked mole rat

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-to-be-a-naked-mole-rat/3386>\
**Category:** Fun\
**Created:** [January 30, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-to-be-a-naked-mole-rat/3386 "2018-01-30T23:19:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-to-be-a-naked-mole-rat/3386/1 "2018-01-30T23:19:01Z")

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It appears that naked mole rats don’t age: every normal population of living creatures dies exponentially more/faster with age— that’s called Gompertz law. But naked mole rats don’t: their likelihood to die remains constant with age. And they don’t get cancer (well, hardly)!

Here is the article from Science Magazine:

> **[Naked mole rats defy the biological law of aging](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/naked-mole-rats-defy-biological-law-aging)**
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> New study suggests that death rates don't rise with age, as they do for most animals

I am sure they will eventually find out that, if they get old enough, naked mole rats eventually start dying off. But, given their size (size seems to life duration: small creatures don’t last long), at the very least they live astonishingly long lives!

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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-to-be-a-naked-mole-rat/3386/2 "2018-01-30T23:32:22Z")

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Nobody would take you seriously.

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**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-to-be-a-naked-mole-rat/3386/3 "2018-01-30T23:51:24Z")

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I like to be part of that at least…

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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-to-be-a-naked-mole-rat/3386/4 "2018-01-31T00:12:11Z")

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I’ll bet if naked mole rats get diabetes, it can be cured. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-want-to-be-a-naked-mole-rat/3386/5 "2018-01-31T14:32:10Z")

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> [@Chris](#):
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> I’ll bet if naked mole rats get diabetes, it can be cured.

I just need to know if being naked is part of that equation. Given that it’s 8°F where I am right now …