Ever heard of Peto\u2019s paradox? The latter states that the probability of developing cancer is unrelated to the number of cells in an organism. The bowhead whale is a shining example of this paradox. Indeed, the bowhead is the second largest animal in the world and weighs up to 80,000\u00a0kg, the equivalent of about 15 male Asian elephants. It is also the mammal with the longest life expectancy: upwards of 200 years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ever heard of Peto\u2019s paradox? The latter states that the probability of developing cancer is unrelated to the number of cells in an organism. The bowhead whale is a shining example of this paradox. Indeed, the bowhead is the second largest animal in the world and weighs up to 80,000\u00a0kg, the equivalent of about 15 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12852,"featured_media":62407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n