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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof: :Nonbinary:"):
misconceptions@a2mi.social ("Common Misconceptions Bot") wrote:
Sharks can get cancer. The misconception that sharks do not get cancer was spread by the 1992 book Sharks Don't Get Cancer, which was used to sell extracts of shark cartilage as cancer prevention treatments. Reports of carcinomas in sharks exist, and current data does not support any conclusions about the incidence of tumors in sharks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%5Fof%5Fcommon%5Fmisconceptions%5Fabout%5Fscience,%5Ftechnology,%5Fand%5Fmathematics#Other%5Fvertebrates