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		zogwarg on Oct 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian la... Have not read the paper I assume that if you had a large enough mole rat population you would observe some of them to live beyond 30.

zogwarg on Oct 2, 2018 | [–]

Also we have mole rats in captivity above 30 years at this moment.

I guess we only have had size-able mole rat population for around 30 years.

zogwarg on Oct 2, 2018 | [–]

The total compiled sample size is rather small.

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