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1 Way Bigger Animals are more Resilient to Cancer.

Hypertumors

Hypertumors are named after Hyperparasites, the parasite of parasites. So it is pretty easy to guess what Hypertumors are. The tumors of tumors. Cancer cells might actually be the undoing of themselves. Cancer cells are very unstable, so they easily mutate, sometimes in bad ways (If we are talking in their purpose.), sometimes in good ways. Cancer cells continue to mutate, making them very different, but always fighting for the same purpose. Or are they... As cancer cells continue to mutate, eventually a Hypertumor will be created, fighting for their own purpose. When this happens, the Hypertumor can kill original cancer. Both of the Cancers want food for themselves, so the Hypertumor cuts off the blood supply for the Original Copies of the cancer cells and then gives itself the blood supply. The Process repeats over and over again causing cancer to get smaller and smaller until It just is killed by the immune system or is too mutated to stay alive. The immune system can kill cancer, but cancer can mutate to make itself look like a healthy cell. But, the thing is, the more cells an animal has, like a hippo or a blue whale, they have more immune system cells, meaning that the animal has more resistance against cancer.