Fact 149: What is the Zambian mole rat the best at doing in the animal kingdom?

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Fact 149: What is the Zambian mole rat the best at doing in the animal kingdom?



The answer is building underground tunnels?
One Zambian mole rat colonies underground tunnels can go on for 2.8 kilometres.

To put this into context for people in the UK (like me) 2.8km is the distance between Westminster Bridge to St Pauls Cathedral this is known as the Queens walk in London!



























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