Wolves and Chernobyl
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Wolves are "learning" to be more cancer resistant?
https://www.ans.org/news/article-5761/cancerresistant-genes-in-wolf-population-at-chernobyl/
The wolf population in the exclusion zones is especially interesting, because it is seven times denser than wolf populations in other nearby wildlife reserves. Love’s research suggests that the reasons may be related to the natural selection of cancer-resistant or cancer-resilient genes in the animals and the lack of humans in the abandoned area.
“There may be genetic variation within the [wolf] population that may allow some individuals to be more resistant or resilient in the face of that radiation, in which case they may still get cancer at the same rate, but it may not impact their function as much as it would an individual outside of the exclusion zone. They’re just able to take that burden better for some reason. Or it could be resistance—all right?—and despite that pressure—that radiation exposure—they just don’t get cancer as much.”
