The Naked Mole-Rat: Do They Hold the Key to Human Immortality? (Documentary, 2017)

The naked mole-rat may not be the most beautiful little mammal, but it for sure is one of the most fascinating: the almost hairless, wrinkled ‘sand puppies’ are a true scientific wonder! They are cold-blooded mammals that do not get cancer, do not feel pain and their bone structure never degrades; even 30-year-old queens have the bones of a newborn. But how do they do it? The documentary goes on a journey to unravel the secrets of the naked mole-rat, as we follow their traces from the African savannah into the laboratories of the world. We meet them in their natural habitat; explore the tunnels of their ‘hive’ and the worship of their queen, while scientists connect their lifestyle to physiological adaptations and show how acidic tissues defeat tumors, how pain is conquered and how MRI scanners and ultrasound examinations shed light on bones that do not age. This investigative journey may pave the way to our own immortality, as we unravel findings that have major impacts on medicine. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 02:34 - Life Underground Empire ▷ 04:00 - Unlocking Longevity ▷ 06:49 - Evolutionary Clues in History ▷ 08:46 - Expedition to Kenya ▷ 12:02 - The Queen ▷ 15:40 - Can We Slow Aging ▷ 18:58 - Secrets at the Cellular Level ▷ 19:47 - Why They Don't Get Cancer ▷ 22:07 - Do They Live Long in the Wild? ▷ 25:37 - Fights for the Throne ▷ 27:36 - Coronation and Pregnancy of a Queen ▷ 29:07 - Inside the Queen's Body ▷ 32:01 - Social Structure and Cooperation ▷ 36:02 - How They Survive Without Oxygen ▷ 38:47 - Resistance to Pain and Disease ▷ 43:30 - Mole-Rats vs. Human Medicine ▷ 49:05 - Lessons from the Naked Mole-Rat ▷ 51:38 - Credits #documentary #animals #wildlife #nakedmolerat #animalscience #weirdanimals #molerat #biology #animalbehavior #animalplanet ------- Subscribe to wocomoWILDLIFE: https://goo.gl/L5puvQ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wocomo ------- Original title: Naked Mole-Rat - Nature's Weirdest Superhero A film by Herbert Ostwald © 2017, Licensed by Albatross ------- Videos about animals, aquatic life and nature: wocomoWILDLIFE offers high-quality entertainment. The films on our channel are produced by leading production companies. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoHUMANITY: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoHUMANITY ▷ wocomoDOCS: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomodocs ▷ wocomoHISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoHISTORY ▷ wocomoTRAVEL: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomoTRAVEL ▷ wocomoCOOK: https://www.youtube.com/@wocomocook WocomoWILDLIFE is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.