Naked mole rats don't feel pain the way we do, and now we know why

Naked mole rats, the desert-dwelling animals that look like the lovechild of an uncooked sausage and a scrotum, don’t feel certain kinds of pain — and now, scientists may have a better idea why.
The lovechild of an uncooked sausage and a scrotum
In fact, these poop-eating, subterranean creatures have a lot of enviable qualities:they can dodge cancer, live decades longer than other rodents, and go without oxygen for 30 minutes at a time. They might even have evolved a way to avoid the