How to Use mole rat in a Sentence
mole rat
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Not even those pesky giant mole rats that love to jump out of the ground and bite me.
— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 20 Nov. 2018 -
Like the mole rat, a female bat may produce half her body weight in milk every day.
— Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 1 May 2018 -
Naked mole rat blood vessels stay springy throughout life.
— Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 May 2021 -
The highveld mole rat is immune to the pungency of mustard, radishes, and wasabi.
— Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019 -
Ambassadors at the Houston Zoo include a red panda and a mole rat.
— Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018 -
Scientists want to sort out what to tweak in our biology to mimic the mole rat’s longevity.
— Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 May 2021 -
Meanwhile, up in the sky, bats lead a much more egalitarian existence than do meerkats or mole rats.
— Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 1 May 2018 -
The reserve is also home to the endangered sandy blind mole rat, the Black Sea bottlenose dolphin, rare flowers, countless mollusks, dozens of species of fish — and, in recent weeks, an invading military.
— New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022 -
One hundred million simulated neurons would be on par with the Ansell’s mole rat, described as a species of rodent native to Zambia that's noted for its tunnels that can stretch over two kilometers long.
— Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 15 July 2019 -
Based on the best-selling book by Mo Willems, this animated musical extravaganza celebrates acceptance through a story about a mole rat who decides to get dressed.
— Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 -
Other labs are analyzing the animals’ gut microbiome or tinkering with reprogrammed mole rat stem cells.
— Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 May 2021
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