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If your conjectures were true elephants would be dying of cancer all the time. In fact elephants are much more cancer resistant than humans due to differing bio
by astazangasta 7y ago
If your conjectures were true elephants would be dying of cancer all the time. In fact elephants are much more cancer resistant than humans due to differing biology. The whole "more tissue, more disease" part of this is bunkum.
- Retric 7y agoI don’t disagree, but we lack direct evidence for how resident these animals where to radiation. Water is a great shield vs most kinds of radiation as is their bulk which means these animals may have significantly lower resistance. Worse they would still be getting ~1SV over 30 years at ~1km below the oceans let alone the few feet of their bodies. Which is vastly above background radiation levels.