Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer

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One fun fact about elephants is that they're a lot less likely to get cancer than other animals (including us). Another fun fact is that unlike most warm-blooded animals, their testes are deep inside their bodies. It turns out, these two facts may be related.

Hank Green (he/him)

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Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vQD_zh43fHo1as_MV1yupl1pt211yfMmmtnAj-vW6Iw7MSlv_5kbbDgarCBAcC4tj-OSg1za-BvJa9K/pub