Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox

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Cancer is a creepy and mysterious thing. While we tried to understand it, to get better at killing it, we discovered a biological paradox that remains unsolved to this day: large animals seem to be immune to cancer. Which doesn’t make any sense – the bigger a being, the more cancer it should have. To understand why, we first need to take a look at the nature of cancer itself.

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[elferson]

Everyone: suicide is never the answer

Cells: its nerf or nothing

[ViolosDI]

Doctor: "Even your cancer has cancer."
Patient: "Alriiight!"

[ferghalicious]

Whales:
>Open task manager
>Select ‘task manager’
>Select ‘end task’

[boneladders]

as someone who's had cancer twice, watching this feels like i'm spying on the little freaks that almost ruined my life

update 6/6/2023: had a third cancer scare recently but avoided the little freaks this time. i'm on to their trickery

[demerzel]

Cancer: gets cancer

Our bodies: Task failed successfully

[absence]

4:50 even this computer game scene with the cancer is so creative. All of this is so innovatively animated. And the music is incredible. I hope this channel never dies.

[jimmyz]

The cancer killing cancer part reminds me of Mr Burns getting diagnosed with every disease, but they’re all fighting each other so he stays healthy

[IKurtC]

lost my father to cancer last year.... i really hope one day we can have a "cure" to this terrible illness... you really don't know how terrible cancer is until you see a loved one losing the battle slowly to it and feeling bad knowing you can't do nothing to, as always thanks for a great video !

[loadingscreen]

"Cancer kills Cancer"
*Cancerous problems require cancerous solutions*

[genericprofile]

Cancer: You can't defeat me.
Humans: I know, but he can.
*Cancer 2 has joined the counter terrorists*

[hiraethneko-chan]

"cancer is killing cancer"
isn't that just your average League of Legends ranked games?

[kensperspective]

I really hope that we can eventually apply this to humans in order to cure cancer. Can you imagine a doctor saying “You have cancer, but don’t worry we’re going to give you a bunch more cancer to cure it.“ 😮

[anavybluemystery]

cancer: gets cancer


*congratulations, you played yourself*

[tommyVv]

Cancer: "you either die a villain, or live long enough to become the hero"

[justadummy]

“Cancer kills Cancer”

There’s always a bigger fish

[Xavierpng]

"Cancer is killing cancer"

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

[brandonparson]

Banner: "You were diagnosed 2 days ago!"

Blue Whale: "I used the cancer to destroy the cancer."

[Flitchie]

I like that these cells have face’s. Makes me feel better about it all

[GlitchTheDeer]

*"using cancer to kill cancer"*

that's a big uno reverse card right there chief