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Cancer mortality in elephants is estimated at less than 5%. In sharks I believe it's even lower.
by tjpnz 2y ago
Cancer mortality in elephants is estimated at less than 5%. In sharks I believe it's even lower.
- whimsicalism 2y agoi would be curious if larger elephants were more likely to develop cancer than smaller elephants, less so in the between species comparison
- dahart 2y agoElephants are an outlier in terms of animal species, they have something genetic that prevents cancers. For most animals, the mass of the animal does correlate with cancer rates: “having a greater number of body cells, and a higher number of cell divisions, usually increases the chance of accumulating the mutations that can lead to cancer” https://www.livescience.com/52432-elephants-cancer-resistance.html https://www.livescience.com/52432-elephants-cancer-resistanc...
- pvaldes 2y agoThey ate a lot of fiber at least