
Damara mole rats
Damara mole rats spend their lives underground, digging tunnels to look for roots and bulbs. But digging takes 1,000 times more energy than travelling on the surface, so for their existence to be possible they live in communal family groups. Only the queen is fertile and produces young sterile females which will eventually join in the hunt for food for the family.
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