Yep. The artists making the manga and anime took some liberties to make him more conventionally good-looking, but OP's video reveals the truth behind the myth.
Super alien creatures, but so cool!
Naked mole rats are Eusocial, which means they have a breeding queen, and the rest are infertile. They have no pain sensors in their skin, because there's such low oxygen, that they build up acid in it. They also have incredibly long lives, in part to low metabolic rates, and also because they don't seem to degrade as they age.
Also, they seem to not develop cancers somehow, and theres research into how.
They are ‘truly blind’ which means there eyes do nothing at all. If it makes you feel better their primary digging tool is their teeth not claws/forearms like other moles. When they close their mouth their large incisors are still on the outside. You’re welcome. Thank you for subscribing to blind mole-rat facts!
Edit: looks like the eyes do serve SOME purpose. Removal of them affects their circadian rhythm and new studies suggest they may be able sense magnetic fields. Probably a rudimentary N/S compass like some birds.
Sounds like the correct term to me. Vestigial organs are there because they haven’t been lost to evolution yet but they serve no purpose in this generation.
I guess if their eyes were a hinderance due to living in the dark all the time and easily getting infected due to pushing through dirt and grime, the individuals who grew skin over their eyes via random mutations between generations had an advantage and survived longer, leading to their mutations becoming the most prevalent variant among the population.
>Vestigial organs are there because they haven’t been lost to evolution yet but they serve no purpose in this generation.
Like my ex-wife’s cold black heart *sobs uncontrollably*
Not technically vital (you can absolutely live without it) but it does serve a relatively important purpose to help you recover from some bad infections.
The ability to detect light is still useful even if you can't see detail. https://www.livescience.com/8468-blind-mole-rats-study-confirms.html Scientists studied what looks like a closely related cousin to the species in the clip, and found that detecting light is useful for blocking their tunnels so predators can't get in.
Here's another article seemingly suggesting that the eyes are not useless. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2142147/#:~:text=The%20rudimentary%20eyes%20of%20the,photoperiod%20perception%20in%20these%20animals. Admittedly, I don't know what photoperiod perception is.
Photoperiod is basically an organisms understanding of ‘day-night’ based on sunlight exposure. In the case of mole rats they can’t see light to actually detect this because their eyes are non-functional but the paper describes that they still develop a functional optical nerve circuit that is implicated in keeping track of this ‘day-night’ period even though it is not stimulated by light. This is likely because they come from creatures whose biological clocks were still very much tied to the sun and it’s light.
I think this is a good questions that people aren’t properly considering. I understand the eyes don’t work, but the brain is a very plastic, robust machine. If given the opportunity, maybe the old optical parts of the brain could turn back on and work like it used to long ago?
I think it might a Greater Blind mole rat, weird creatures. Apparently they can't dig with their claws, they dig with their oversized front teeth. Which is separated from their mouth by another skin flap.
Are they actually blind or do they just have shitty eyesight because their eyes are covered in skin? Is it like they live their whole lives with their eyes half closed?
Vojvodina blind mole rat as one person said is correct, not a naked mole rat.
https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/conservation/this-week-in-endangered-species-youve-never-heard-of-the-vojvodina-blind-mole-rat/
A blind girl would put more importance in your personality, voice and confidence but if you have soft hands you might be able to have a chance with a blind AND deaf one. I guess I should try that
It is oddly adorable. I think this is the cutest mole creature I’ve ever seen. Then again the moles I’ve seen are usually screaming star nose ones that my neighbors dog finds and I have to rescue
Mf looking like he bout to pull up a banjo and tell me a story about a little guy named lil jhonny melony and how it got stuck in a mine because he was naughty
This thing looks like what people do with pokemon when they draw them super life like. Like its cute in the anime and then you see it in a life like design it makes them look demented. Thats what this is except its a real life creature. This thing is horrifying.
The UNDERMINER!
I AM BENEATH YOU BUT NOTHING IS BENEATH ME
Jesus worlds longest fucking cliffhanger right here. I played the damn gameboy game way before the movie ever released
Second movie didn’t live up to the hype either. Should have just left us with a cool cliffhanger.
Fully agree man, fully agree. It had some good moments but it lacked so much
Why does that sound self-demeaning?
Thats the joke
I HEREBY DECLARE WAR, ON PEACE AND HAPPINESS
Man talked a big game, but in the end, he was just a petty crook.
But still the only one who knew when to shut up and just fuck off to Bali with his money.
I always yell that quote but "UNDERTAKER" when I have to pass someone on the left lol.
Darn! beat me to it!
https://media.tenor.com/QPdWhAWKwxIAAAAM/undermine-underminer.gif
It’s a blind mole rat. They have a thin layer of skin over their eyes!
If they knew what they looked like, I bet they'd start wearing clothes.
To me it seems very cute and funny. Even if it has a special look, admit.
Looks like someone pushed a roll of processed meat into a stocking and gave it teeth
It shall be called…. The Sausage Weasel
by Ronco!™️
Biggus Dickus
Ravioli boruito with teeth
BORUTO??? 😳😳😳
Yep. The artists making the manga and anime took some liberties to make him more conventionally good-looking, but OP's video reveals the truth behind the myth.
Lol now that’s quality humor
No no no no BATMAN NO THAT CHARACTER IS NOT CANON NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOO
Thanks, just ordered a wet burrito.
It definitely looks like it was made with an extruder
I cackled so hard at that 🤣🤣🤣 you’re 100% spot on 🤣🤣🤣
This one is wearing "clothes". It's the [naked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole-rat) ones that are thankful they blind.
Naked ones aren't 100% blind.
Poor bastards.
Seriously, they are far uglier than the blind ones.
Super alien creatures, but so cool! Naked mole rats are Eusocial, which means they have a breeding queen, and the rest are infertile. They have no pain sensors in their skin, because there's such low oxygen, that they build up acid in it. They also have incredibly long lives, in part to low metabolic rates, and also because they don't seem to degrade as they age. Also, they seem to not develop cancers somehow, and theres research into how.
Very interesting read. So their society is a lot like bees and ants. It was also cool to know about the "dispersers".
Wtf is going on with mole rat evolution??! Blind mole rat, naked mole rat,
I don’t know maybe they are proud of their lithe, tight, girthiness.
They evolved into blindness so they could find mates
That's how evolution works but you don't have to say it like that 😢
But what about the weird seam across their face
Bro that’s my mustache
Poses the age old question though, would it’s jeans go on his lower half or over all his legs (horizontal or vertical split)
Denim gimp suit with just a hole for those fucking teeth.
Well it doesn't need eye holes that's for sure
Ooh good point. Add googly eyes to the drip
God's plan, free fleshlight
I'll give you $50 if you stick your dick in that thing, and it doesn't immediately bite it off.
I will give him $50 if he had never typed that.
What do you mean by immediately?
If they knew what they look like, they'd be glad they're blind.
NAKED MOLE RATS DON’T WEAR CLOTHES!!
Grand-Pah changed that.
Idk. Have you ever been to a nudist camp? It’s always the people you least wanna see naked.
A hat would do the trick
Tell that to the naked mole rats
Can they like...still see but just terribly ? Seems like the craziest thing to have eyes but them be covered lol
They are ‘truly blind’ which means there eyes do nothing at all. If it makes you feel better their primary digging tool is their teeth not claws/forearms like other moles. When they close their mouth their large incisors are still on the outside. You’re welcome. Thank you for subscribing to blind mole-rat facts! Edit: looks like the eyes do serve SOME purpose. Removal of them affects their circadian rhythm and new studies suggest they may be able sense magnetic fields. Probably a rudimentary N/S compass like some birds.
So what are their eyes for? Are they just like an appendix?
Yeah vestigial, although I’m not sure if that’s the technically correct term. They do not respond to light stimuli.
Sounds like the correct term to me. Vestigial organs are there because they haven’t been lost to evolution yet but they serve no purpose in this generation. I guess if their eyes were a hinderance due to living in the dark all the time and easily getting infected due to pushing through dirt and grime, the individuals who grew skin over their eyes via random mutations between generations had an advantage and survived longer, leading to their mutations becoming the most prevalent variant among the population.
Engineers: pulling their hair out trying to develope computer vision Chad Molerat: develops vision, discards it, leaves.
Don't forget refuses to elaborate
>Vestigial organs are there because they haven’t been lost to evolution yet but they serve no purpose in this generation. Like my ex-wife’s cold black heart *sobs uncontrollably*
Maybe your vestigial organ was the problem and not hers?
Oh god…*sobs uncontrollably*
[удалено]
Not technically vital (you can absolutely live without it) but it does serve a relatively important purpose to help you recover from some bad infections.
Why would this make us feel better How can evolution permit this What has it permitted happen to me
If the eyes are at least slightly functional I’d assume they can sense light
Sounds a bit weird but i wonder what would happen if you were to surgical create lids when they were young if they'd gain the ability to see.
Their eyes likely don’t posses the ability to see, as in discern objects.
Not with that attitude
Yeah because they’re blocked by the skin. I feel like we’re going in circles here.
If they’re far enough down the evolutionary line to have brown skin over them then their eyes probably lost the ability to see long ago.
The ability to detect light is still useful even if you can't see detail. https://www.livescience.com/8468-blind-mole-rats-study-confirms.html Scientists studied what looks like a closely related cousin to the species in the clip, and found that detecting light is useful for blocking their tunnels so predators can't get in. Here's another article seemingly suggesting that the eyes are not useless. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2142147/#:~:text=The%20rudimentary%20eyes%20of%20the,photoperiod%20perception%20in%20these%20animals. Admittedly, I don't know what photoperiod perception is.
Photoperiod is basically an organisms understanding of ‘day-night’ based on sunlight exposure. In the case of mole rats they can’t see light to actually detect this because their eyes are non-functional but the paper describes that they still develop a functional optical nerve circuit that is implicated in keeping track of this ‘day-night’ period even though it is not stimulated by light. This is likely because they come from creatures whose biological clocks were still very much tied to the sun and it’s light.
If they could see, they would be seeing the back of their eyelids. I meant their eye balls lack the ability to detect light in any useful capacity
Calm down there, Dr. Mengele.
You would be one of those insane scientists in some anime like Fullmetal Alchemist.
Ed…ward
DONT
[You're lucky, I've started my FMA re-read some days ago](https://i.imgur.com/d5OdEPA.jpg) and posted this exact image on r/MangaFrames
I was thinking more like “The Island of Dr. Moreau”.
I think this is a good questions that people aren’t properly considering. I understand the eyes don’t work, but the brain is a very plastic, robust machine. If given the opportunity, maybe the old optical parts of the brain could turn back on and work like it used to long ago?
They would conquer the world
I think it might a Greater Blind mole rat, weird creatures. Apparently they can't dig with their claws, they dig with their oversized front teeth. Which is separated from their mouth by another skin flap.
These things are just skin flaps all the way down, huh?
God was in a weird mood
I always thought they didn't have any eyes at all, and were totally blind! Can they still 'see' somewhat?
Are they actually blind or do they just have shitty eyesight because their eyes are covered in skin? Is it like they live their whole lives with their eyes half closed?
Vojvodina blind mole rat as one person said is correct, not a naked mole rat. https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/conservation/this-week-in-endangered-species-youve-never-heard-of-the-vojvodina-blind-mole-rat/
Definitely not naked. If you squint you can see it’s dapper lil bow tie and pressed trousers😯
Damn. What do they eat? How do they reproduce? Must be hard being a blind animal.
Yes. Tell us how things go in and out of them from both ends
This is why you don't leave the jizz sock under the bed people!
You should get a job in the clergy because you just made me swear off of masturbating.
Not me, I just fapped.
...to the blind mole?
It's the internet Of course
This thread has given birth to multiple new blind mole rats.
Nature's fleshlight
Comfort mole
What are 'the bed people'?
People who thrive off cum socks.
I always knew the house elves from Harry Potter were real
r/cursedcomments
Me at 3 am leaving my bedroom to make mac & cheese.
I always wondered why the box had that warning in the corner. Like cigarettes. But a "You might turn into a mutant" warning.
Neglected travel pillow
Haha that’s cute
/r/properanimalnames
Diglet!
Was gonna say, it heard Ash was retiring
My first thought was yungoos!
Drilbur!
Vojvodina mole rat.. there almost extinct
With a face like that I'm not surprised it had trouble getting laid.
Every encounter they have would be a 10/10 though as they both can't see what they're smashing
So what your telling me is I should be looking to date a blind girl? No wonder I've been doing it wrong this whole time.
A blind girl would put more importance in your personality, voice and confidence but if you have soft hands you might be able to have a chance with a blind AND deaf one. I guess I should try that
Some fallout shit
I’m re-playing 4 right now and made the same connection
So the answer is MOLERAT
Thats rad bro!
This mf built like a 3lb tube of ground beef
Probably smells just as bad too.
A Nope Loaf
A cute nope loaf
It is oddly adorable. I think this is the cutest mole creature I’ve ever seen. Then again the moles I’ve seen are usually screaming star nose ones that my neighbors dog finds and I have to rescue
Golden Moles are pretty cute too!
A Later Tater
Aww that's so cute
They [sound cute too,](https://youtube.com/shorts/qMpfvmCsDYQ?feature=share) but not *cute enough* apparently. -_-
I didn’t know I needed more videos of giant mole rats but…
An AI generated dog
Mf looking like he bout to pull up a banjo and tell me a story about a little guy named lil jhonny melony and how it got stuck in a mine because he was naughty
That's a cock with teeth
Wobberly Sausage
Penis dentata
Forbidden Twinkie.
It's an Eastern Hairy Pig Loaf
Whatever the fuck it is it's ugly and I love it
That’s a Pokémon
I don't know but if you find out please let me know.
https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/conservation/this-week-in-endangered-species-youve-never-heard-of-the-vojvodina-blind-mole-rat/
Thank you.
It’s a groundhog gangsta on its way to knock over a bank. The pantyhose is a dead, though dated, giveaway.
guinea pig with the resolution turned way down
there's nothing oddly terrifying about this cute fellow imho
Yeah it's so cute!! <3
Adorable
That’s a mole. When it eats guac it becomes guacamole.
It’s a lesser blind mole rat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_blind_mole-rat
This is put on the wrong subreddit , this is for r/aww or r/cute, ain't no way I'm terrified of this fella, this is like a blind grandpa
a friend
Mamma June
That's the dog-ottoman from Beauty and The Beast
A living breathing fleshlight
You go first
Dontputyourdickinthat!
This goes in front of your door to block the draft, right?
Mole sausage
Snaggle Sausage
Are you in Russia? Greater Blind Mole-rats are a Russian and Ukrainian species.
I believe this species is exclusive to Hungary and Serbia
Love the little toofers ♥️
Looks like sentient erosion control sock.
He's perfectly tubular for tunnel activities. Kinda cute.
This thing looks like what people do with pokemon when they draw them super life like. Like its cute in the anime and then you see it in a life like design it makes them look demented. Thats what this is except its a real life creature. This thing is horrifying.
How dare you call this adorable little fur sausage terrifying.
R.O.U.S
A moleman baby. I knew they were real!
Looks like a blind mole rat? Pretty common in eastern Europe
Is that a Diglett
My first thought was “**sausage walrus**” even though that doesn’t make sense
It’s a package of pork roll with feet and teeth
It’s a blind mole rat and it’s on the verge of extinction, there are only about 400 left in the wild. Don’t harm this little guy.
Sentient pork loin
It’s diglet
Quick! Throw a pokeball! That's a rare ground type
Kim Possible would have been a lot crazier if they made Rufus actually look like this.
Its just a rat thats been fed lots of McDonalds.
Me after a big night out
I think it's a naked mole rat.
Blind mole rat
What do they usually wear when they're not naked?
Suits made from the flesh of their enemies.
*fine leather*
Tiny tophead and monocle.
It's not naked tho
Ayo dats me coson Larry tell em pat seys hoi
I believe that’s what the Earth Kingdom calls a “badgermole”
This is a diglet.
You put this at the bottom of your door to keep the cold out.
Chernobyl baloney chub.
Bri'ish
He a lil silly lookin', but is fren shaped. I wanna hug him
Egadd from luigis mansion
That's someone's hunting cock...