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Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell
Season 8 · Episode 3
Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox
0.08mMarch 1, 2020
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.
Episodes
- Episode 1Milk. White Poison or Healthy Drink?
- Episode 2How to Make a Kurzgesagt Video in 1200 Hours
- Episode 3Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer - Peto's Paradox
- Episode 4The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do
- Episode 5Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP
- Episode 6The Past We Can Never Return To – The Anthropocene Reviewed
- Episode 7Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares & Coronal Mass Ejections
- Episode 8