When two nearly blind naked mole rats encounter each other in a dark subterranean tunnel, it could be a friendly meeting or a moment of potential bloodshed between strangers. The creatures chirp to ...

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Are you squeakin’ at me? Big Apple rats are just as social as some New Yorkers — and even sound like them, speaking to each other with a distinctive accent, a new study found. “Being social helps them ...