This isn’t one that lends itself to an easy description, or a slick way of introducing it, so I’m struggling here. But I’m on the mailing list for The Oatmeal, which is either a webcomic or the nom de plume of the guy who writes and illustrates them, maybe both. If you’re not familiar with the site, you should be, because it’s far worse than this one in terms of being indelicate and irreverent, plus the illustration style defies description.
Recently, the extended comic ‘We need to talk about naked mole rats’ was posted, and seriously, check it out. It’s worth it just for The Oatmeal illustrations of an already unsavory-looking creature, but the information therein is actually fascinating, and certainly a lot more than I ever knew about the species, which is unique in quite a few ways. It would be easy to look at naked mole rats and think they have nowhere to go but up, evolutionarily-speaking, but the actual traits that they’ve developed are extraordinary. We shouldn’t be judging on appearances – we’re bigger than that.
Plus, it’s almost certain at some time that The Oatmeal thought, You know, drawing the tiddies of the queen mole rat is probably unnecessary, only to be immediately countered with, The hell it is!