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that conjecture is famously contradicted by elephants, and it's a topic of research why that is.
by jjtheblunt 4y ago
that conjecture is famously contradicted by elephants, and it's a topic of research why that is.
- Ardon 4y agoNo it isn't? Elephants develop cancerous cells at the same rate per cell as every other animal, but have better biological methods of destroying them when those cells do turn cancerous.
- jjtheblunt 4y agoIs there a citation for that assertion? It's possible elephants induce apoptosis for aberrant non-cancerous cells, for instance, earlier. super interesting