Naked mole-rats eat the poop of their queen for parenting cues
The scat contains the sex hormone estradiol, which turns regular mole-rats into caregivers
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OH BABY Eating the queen’s poop, which contains the hormone estradiol, may be one way that nonreproducing naked mole-rats get cues to take care of the queen’s offspring.
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