Mole rats found to live over 35 years, defy mortality laws
Researchers at Google-owned Calico labs have found naked mole rats live over 30 years and rarely develop cancer. Further, its chance of dying doesn't increase with age, defying Gompertz's mortality law, the researchers discovered. The team found a specimen which has been living for 35 years, while most "normal" rats live for six years and age as they do so.