• threelonmusketeers
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    1 year ago

    is spread by tumor cells getting passed from dog to dog

    Indeed, but no mention of dog-to-human transmission.

    There’s also the infamous Tasmanian Devil facial tumour disease. It is also transmissible, mainly because a population bottleneck has reduced the genetic diversity of Tasmanian Devils to the point where their immune systems have trouble telling each other’s cells apart.