ZOOLOGY 260 Quiz: Test 5 review
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Naked mole rat: live in africa, savannas. Sandy soil: live underground, have really big teeth, internal ears. Protect from dirt: lips go completely around teeth, they have eyes. Use eyes to detect small changes in surroundings: eusocial truly social . Queen produces pheromones that suppress the development of ovaries in other females. Older mole rats take care of queen. Keep pushing dirt back to the next rat. Termites: live in dry places, create huge mounds. Weight of termites underground would exceed the weight of all the above ground animals: they can digest cellulous, eusocial. Queen: becomes huge when she stores eggs, 100 million offspring at a time, 20 years. Worker: not related to ants, closer relation to cockroaches. Can be up to 40 million locusts per square kilometer. 1000 square km = 40 billion locusts = 80,000 tons of locusts eat as much as 20 million people: life cycle.
