“Naked mole rats live in cramped, oxygen-starved burrows some six feet underground…”
On the whole, I would have to say that is preferable to having Red Savina habeneros rubbed in one’s eyes along with nightly injections of battery acid.
Strange Creature Immune to Pain
Charles Q. Choi
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.comMon Jan 28, 8:31 PM ET
As vulnerable as naked mole rats seem, researchers now find the hairless, bucktoothed rodents are invulnerable to the pain of acid and the sting of chili peppers.
A better understanding of pain resistance in these sausage-like creatures could lead to new drugs for people with chronic pain, scientists added.
Naked mole rats live in cramped, oxygen-starved burrows some six feet underground in central East Africa. Unusually, they are cold-blooded — which, as far as anyone knows, is unique among mammals.
“They’re the nicest, sweetest animals I’ve ever worked with — they look frightening, but they’re very gentle,” said neurobiologist Thomas Park at the University of Illinois at Chicago
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