Naked mole rats don't get enough oxygen to do this.

裸鼹鼠并没有足够的氧气来这样做。

A large workforce has a much better chance, so naked mole rats live in colonies.

唯有大量的劳动力才更有可能性，所以裸鼹鼠以群落生活。

However, as amazing as naked mole rats are, they can only pause their aging.

然而，尽管无毛鼹鼠很神奇，也仅仅是可以做到暂停衰老。

Naked mole rats are, in fact, the only mammals known to have this ability.

裸鼹鼠实际上是唯一一个有这种能力的哺乳动物。

Take the naked mole rat, unlike their less-naked brethren, they don't appear to age after reaching adulthood.

就比如无毛鼹鼠，与它们毛发旺盛的表亲不同，成年之后，他们的外表就不再变化。

In response to a real oxygen emergency, naked mole rats enter a state of suspended animation.

如果真的遇到了紧急缺氧的情况，裸鼹鼠就会进入停滞运动状态。

Could we replicate the naked mole rat's use of the fructose pathway for human health?

我们能复制裸鼹鼠使用果糖的方法，使得人类的健康也能从中受益吗？

So eventually, every naked mole rat, pine tree, and jellyfish will ultimately meet its end.

所以最终无毛鼹鼠、狐尾松和灯塔水母都将会迎来生命的终结。

Bald and buck-toothed, naked mole rats may not be pretty, but they're extraordinary.

光头龅牙的的裸鼹鼠也许算不上漂亮，但他们确实不同寻常。

Also like insects, naked mole rats have a rigid social structure.

裸鼹鼠遵循严格的社会结构。

In the deserts of East Africa, naked mole rats feed on root vegetables.

在东非的沙漠里，裸鼹鼠以植物根部为食。

Naked mole rats don't care because they seem to be immune to cancer, but we humans certainly aren't.

可无毛鼹鼠并不需要考虑这些，因为他们似乎可以做到免疫癌症，显然我们人类无法做到。

In fact, no other mammal could survive the oxygen depletion experienced in a naked mole rat colony.

事实上，没有其他任何哺乳动物能够在裸鼹鼠那种氧气短缺的情况下生存。

The only exception is an unusual African rodent, the naked mole rat.

唯一的例外是一种不寻常的非洲啮齿动物，即裸鼹鼠。

Bald and buck-toothed, naked mole rats may not be pretty, but they’re extraordinary.

秃顶龅牙的裸鼹鼠可能不漂亮，但它们非凡。

Could we replicate the naked mole rat’s use of the fructose pathway for human health?

我们能否复制裸鼹鼠对人类健康的果糖途径的使用？

Human brain and heart cells have some cellular machinery to use fructose, but not nearly as much as naked mole rats.

人的大脑和心细胞有着一些消耗果糖的细胞机制，但是跟裸鼹鼠就差得很远了。

Naked mole rats don’t get enough oxygen to do this.

裸鼹鼠没有足够的氧气来做到这一点。

And for animals like bees and naked mole rats that live in dense colonies, hygiene is a big concern.

对于蜜蜂和裸鼹鼠等生活在密集群落中的动物来说， 卫生是一个大问题。

And naked mole rats aren't alone in not aging: rockfish, lobsters, and bristlecone pines also seem to stay forever young… or at least forever middle-aged.

抗衰老的生物可不止无毛鼹鼠，还包括岩鱼，龙虾和狐尾松等，它们都永葆青春，最老也不过是中年。