• Question: why do wales very realy get cancer even know they are the biggest animals on the planet

    Asked by willb to Zach on 19 Mar 2014.
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      Zach Dixon answered on 19 Mar 2014:


      This is a question that scientists would love to know the answer to!

      It makes sense that bigger animals should have a greater risk of getting cancer because they have more cells and therefore more chance that some will grow out of control.

      It is thought that whales have better systems in their body for fighting cancer, and scientists are trying to work out what these are!

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