CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 个月前What's the rarest animal you've seen in person?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down12
arrow-up1100arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 个月前message-square95fedilink
minus-squaremedgremlin@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 个月前A lot of “tumors” seen on wild animals are fungal infections from invasive fungal species brought by humans. It really sucks because fungal infections are very hard for mammalian immune systems to fight without help from antifungal medications.
minus-squarequinkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 个月前In this case it is a form of Transmissible Cancer.
minus-squaremedgremlin@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 个月前That is a deeply unfortunate genetic mutation. As if life weren’t hard enough for them already.
minus-squaresexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 个月前Tasmanian devils are unique in that they have a cancer that can be transmitted from host to host.
minus-squaremedgremlin@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 个月前Humans kind of have that with HPV. Get your vaccines!
A lot of “tumors” seen on wild animals are fungal infections from invasive fungal species brought by humans. It really sucks because fungal infections are very hard for mammalian immune systems to fight without help from antifungal medications.
In this case it is a form of Transmissible Cancer.
That is a deeply unfortunate genetic mutation. As if life weren’t hard enough for them already.
Tasmanian devils are unique in that they have a cancer that can be transmitted from host to host.
Humans kind of have that with HPV. Get your vaccines!