……………………today i learned that because cancer is just your own cells going rogue, that the viral cancer dogs can spread to one another is actually a breed of dog; it is the only surviving member of its dog breed. Even though it is a viral cancer, its dna is 100% dog and the breed it came from is now extinct.
there is an asexually reproducing immortal breed of dog that behaves like a virus
a breed of dog that is a malicious disease that targets other dogs…..
what the fuck
This is cool as fuck and I despise it.
Yeah canine transmissible venerial tumour is one of my favourite bits of Weird Biology because it’s like,
1: it’s basically an Immortal Dog and
2: this is a full on tetrapod vertebrate that has moved life history from barking, running animal to essentially a colonial, single/multi celled parasite. This is a mammal that has turned into an obligate parasite.