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Re:Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by n... by zogwarg on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:33PM (#18118628)
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.
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Re:Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by n... by zogwarg on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:51PM (#18118682)
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.

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Re:Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by n... by zogwarg on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:47PM (#18118670)
The total compiled sample size is rather small.

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