Elephants rarely get cancer, now scientists think they know why
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
You've heard that elephants never forget, but did you know they almost never get cancer either? It turns out that just 4.8% of known elephant deaths are related to cancer. For humans, cancer-related deaths are much higher -- between 11% and 25%, scientists say. The elephant's low cancer rate is...