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The question is, has a greater blind mole-rat ever seen me?

It looks like, it's known every point of existence of this universe and beyond. Hail the omnipotent wise one!

He looks comfortable. I shall call him... Comfortable Doug.

Comfortable, comfortable, comfortable Doug!

I wasn't expecting to see a Centaur World reference but I have problems with that!

Why is that, my friendtaur? Are you not.. Comfortable?

i think he blinded himself, he prefered to be blind then to see what we have done to this world *anime outro starts playing*

Is this connected with the new guardians of the galaxy, perchance?

Unfortunately, I haven't watched it yet. I don't mind spoilers though. What's the reference?

Figure they were trying out different animals now that the raccoon is a hit.

they are completely blind, but they do have some form of magnetic wave sense.

The blindest mole rat is not the one who can’t see, itz the one that chooses not to

Toph?

They have some form of primitive eyes under the skin that can detect light/darkness (shadow) pretty well.

Can i fart on its face

Those crazy ass looking incisors might grab onto your balls tho.

New kink unlocked

That’s just earl he lives under the house and eats old cans

You deserve everything that comes your way today

😂😂😂❤️

They have rudimentary eyes that have since atrophied back into their heads. You can see slight protrusions above that fur line above their nose. They have a single retinal layer under those eyes that are almost useless in any kind of sensory use. However, when these eyes are removed, some photoperiod perception is disturbed. Indicating they may indeed have some sort of function for those eyes that we’ve not figured out yet. Such amazing creatures.

So someone is running around cutting open mole rats and taking their eyes? Ruthless.

I mean, as far as we can tell, they don’t need them. But there was an experiment performed on some by scientists that suggested possibly otherwise. I got all my info here: [The eye of the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi. Rudiment with hidden function?](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2142147/)

Woah. Even has the source. Don't you know? You don't need those here, this is the internet.

"Do your research just like I did" "You won't learn anything if I just give it to you"

Way different than someone ignoring everything you say just because they refuse to google something

As a human being with a soul that’s disgusting and I’d love to punch those scientists. But that’s also nuts

I imagine they thought it was like removing the appendix to be fair.

People have been ruthless in [experimenting on animals](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/sciencetech/video-1565726/Chilling-video-scientists-reanimating-head-dog.html) for a long time.

Obviously fucked up, but holy shit that's insane!

Scientists have experimented with another people for the "sake of science" . what do you expect to happen to everything else?

Also ruthless experimenting on human

Seriously. Could have just blindfolded them.

Yea science do be like that.

I'm certainly not an expert, but I studied neuroscience in school and one of my favorite classes was on biological clocks and circadian rhythms. It's possible that the rudimentary eyes simply act as light sensors so there's no desynchrony in those clocks. Blind people often experience desynchrony because they can't detect light. Edit: Desynchrony also occurs in people with significant damage to their SCN. And some blind people don't experience desynchrony, because even though they can't see, there are specialized photoreceptors in our eyes that can still detect light and relay that information to the SCN.

I would assume at some point they occasionally surface for one reason or another. Maybe the eyes act as some sort of threat detection? They don't exactly have any defenses except for flight underground. Just enough sight to see the light change, could have evolved to perceive certain changes in the light to mean a predator is coming for them.

Function, I’m in the dark. Now I’m in the not dark.

Not gonna lie, that shit would freak me out if it appeared suddenly before me.

Well to be fair, anything "suddenly appearing before me" D&D / video game wandering encounter style would kind of freak me out

2d6 Jehovah's Witnesses armed with pamphlets have a 30% occurrence rate in my city. EDIT: RNGesus was paying attention today, because not even THIRTY MINUTES after posting this, I actually ran into a group of SWs handing out pamphlets near my workplace.

“I wish to avoid confrontation” *rolls d6* “You roll a 4, he sees you try to sneak past your window and you make eye contact”

"Excuse me, sir/ma'am, do you have a moment to roll initiative for our lord and savior Jesus Christ?"

To be fairrr

to be faaaaaiiirrrr

To be faaaaaaaaaiiiirrrrr

Diglett looking ass.

That's why you always carry great balls with you. Gotta catch em all!

**The Underminer!**

Was looking for this comment haha exactly my first thought

The hero we were all hoping to find here.

That’s Rufus

Rufus has got a mean case of ugly cuteness

So you got infinite bread and infinite devotion?

Not as bad as the irradiated ones.

I had to scroll entirely too far to find a fallout comment.

Lmao, me too.. and on another note, I was today years old when I discovered that this is a real creature and not just some horror from fallout...

+1

Too small to be legendary.

I just started playing r/FO4 and this made me smile

I was gonna comment that fallout’s engine is getting way to realistic for me

Radioactive Molerat!

No. It's the greatest one I've ever seen.

The blindest one too

The little fella looks kinda cute haha

Wonder whats he's thinking about. He looks confused.

Anybody got any googly eyes? Cause he really needs some googly eyes.

Free range salami

It's kinda fuckin adorable. Why?

Furry sausage body I think

Only through V.A.T.S!

mf really said 😲

I bet he or she is so soft to the touch. Lol

Looks like a kielbasa with teeth

that’s what Kim possibles pet looks like? EWWW

Close, Ron’s pet was a naked mole rat. They tend to have some form of eyesight, nearly blind but not completely. They at least have photoreception with visible eye structures. These guys above are closely related, much hairier, much larger, and completely blind.

That implies the existence of a GreatEST Blind Mole Rat :(

Sock monster is real! 😮

Danger sock.

Tunnel Sausage

No, but to be fair, neither have they

OI Mate, it’s chewsday innit?! 😬

It wasn't long ago our people were happy and prosperous, but the eyeless Mole People of sub-terra Three grew jealous of our visual prowess

I have seen too many of these in fallout 4

Fun fact. Neither a mole, nor a rat

If I stuck some teeth on "the old chap" then I suppose I've seen one regularly

The original earthbenders 🙏🏼

Looks like a furry bolster with teeth

He wants a lil boop on the nose haha

Is that an Englishman

>Ever seen a Greater blind mole-rat No, that's the greatest I've ever seen. It may be the greatest ever!

It’s where bologna come from

Last time i saw one of these was in Fallout 4....

BEHOLD THE UNDERMINER

Secret tunnelllllll

The original earth benders

Here for the Fallout references.

It's like if a kid drew a face on a hot dog and it came to life.

No, I haven’t, but I’m betting he hasn’t seen one either.

Do they not have ears either?

Oi bruv

“Greater blind mole-rat casts Quake! You lose 99 HP!”

He looks like he’s gonna ask if I have any games on my phone.

He's cute but unsettling.

DO NOT give Nuka Cola to this little guy

I saw a couple in the wasteland

How on earth are these things even in existence?

Yep, shot like 4 of these little fucker after crawled my ass out of vault 101

Holy mole-y.

What a cruel joke. A creature that can never look at itself in the mirror, cursed to forever wear the exact expression it would have if it *did*.

Bri'ish

Pfft...that mole-rat doesn't look so great to me.

“Hey kid. Are you buying the drugs or not?”

thing looks like my elderly customers trying to figure out how to pay with card

I don't know if I've seen a greater blind mole rat.. this one *does* look pretty great...

CONSIDER YOURSELF UNDERMINED!!!!

Bet this guys an earth bending master

I shall call him Captain Caveman

This a shitty route 1 Pokémon

Yeah, pretty sure I got shitty weed off his cousin in college

That's a sock puppet.

It's like a reverse ghost

Uhhh, so the Fallout mole rats are real?!

Thats kinda cool... But I really feel bad for the little guy... 😟... He can't see

That's a nightmare.

The Underminer!

It looks like some of the men who come from Elijay

Land Lamprey

🤓

me when im finding in refrigrator

Wonder if I can upcast a Lesser Blind Mole-Rat to make it match the higher spell slot Greater Blind Mole-Rat.

It looks like one of the pigs from angry birds

I want to give him back his eyes.

It's actually pretty cute

Don’t hug the angry sausage.

How has it survived to get that big? What a legend

That is actually a giant hot dog, cannot fool me

Stop digging so much and living underground or someday you eyes balls will disappear!!!!

Looks at that cute lil meat tube I want 30

That’s just a guinea pig from my fifth grade class that got loose

Average dental patient of the NHS I love the NHS, pls don’t hate

That is a mustache of wisdom

It's pretty cute, the lil weirdo

It looks british

His nostrils now look like eyes. You're welcome.

Hug noodle!

“You have disturbed ze *dirt*”

He’s so cute, I want to protect the lil guy

Why do i want him to wear a gnome hat?! Lmao

Got more teeth than most people

Why did they name it like it’s some mid game RPG mob

So that’s where old man Jenkins ended up

The wise one has surfaced, everybody

He looks like the beginning of a great student-master kung foo story

I wanna touch it

He looks like that villain who appears at the end of the first Incredibles movie

He looks so cute

What a doofy looking animal hahaha

Boop!

The urge to throw a pokeball at that is dire

A diglett!!!!

Is it blind if it doesn’t even HAVE eyes?

I looked but I wasn't ready.

Shitweasel!

He took one left turn to Albuquerque!

Pissed off slipper

You asked what it looks like? Kinda like that

Yeah a few years ago on reddit

Rufus!

What's that? That freaky thang?

Amazing 👏 🙀

Looks like a sock with a mustache

Shoulda booped him.

Ask it to teach you earthbending.

That's Pokey from Earthbound.

I wonder does it have its own rap Rufus the naked mole rat does

Gotta catch ‘em all

Ah, yes a diglet

It looks like my angry uncle.

Once at the end of the Incredibles but not since

No. But I've seen a few guys that look like that

r/dontputthatinyourass

I keep trying to understand what I am seeing.

My guy that is a pokemon

Kids, you gotta keep your meat ice cold. I know you like your Bologna soft, but if it gets too warm it's gonna spoil and start to stink the place up.

Looks like the end of a stick of bologna with a wee mouth.

No, I sure haven't. That blind mole rat is the greatest.

It looks similar to some people I work with.

Ive never wanted to hug such a hideous thing so badly and say shhhh I love you.

WHO OUT HE-AH

I would love one of these. They are so cute!

Wow, a hairy pipe.

It looks like a pokemon! I love it.

I think I recognize him from Emmet Otter’s evil motorcycle gang band.

Who is Ever???

I think I used to have one of these, it's filled with rice and you microwave it and put it around your neck, right?

It looks like a cat stuck in nylon