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The most horrifying story I know of is canine transmissible venereal cancer. It used to be a dog, but was more evolutionarily successful evolving into a tumor.
by fiatmoney 10y ago
The most horrifying story I know of is canine transmissible venereal cancer. It used to be a dog, but was more evolutionarily successful evolving into a tumor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_transmissible_venereal_tumor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_transmissible_venereal_...
- ashitlerferad 10y agoThe Tasmanian Devil facial cancer is another horrific transmissible cancer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumor_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumor_disease
- Ericson2314 10y agoGood thing it seems not too lethal?
- lostlogin 10y agoIt seems fairly debilitating in late stages. The Tasmanian devil's one seems to be threatening the species, which is rather serious.
- Ericson2314 10y agoYeah I mean as horrifying as "std cancer" is, "species-threatening cancer" is objectively worse.
- austinjp 10y ago"It used to be a dog" is a truly provocative phrase, not in a bad way. Fascinating.