Freed Roger wrote:
I know dogs don't live forever, but makes me wonder if we are doing something to poison our pets - and ourselves.
We just had this conversation last night.
It's like cancer is an alien. It needs the same things it's host needs to survive. Chemo hurts the host while hurting the cancer.
We were thinking, what was the first instance of cancer in mammals? Was it thousands of years ago or hundreds? Did some man made invention spur this disease into "being"?
I am sure cancer is probably older than lightbulbs, but we were thinking what if something as innocuous as light bulbs "created" cancer? or if it was something even less innocuous like eating pork...
But Wiley the wolf-dog was pretty fond of it's owner's late grandmother Gladys - so much so that he appears to cry at her graveside.
In this heart-breaking video, posted to YouTube on April 14 by user SarahVarley13, the adorable wolf-dog lays on the tombstone, shaking, and makes what appear to be sobbing noises as the family gathers around him.
Freed Roger wrote:
I know dogs don't live forever, but makes me wonder if we are doing something to poison our pets - and ourselves.
We just had this conversation last night.
It's like cancer is an alien. It needs the same things it's host needs to survive. Chemo hurts the host while hurting the cancer.
We were thinking, what was the first instance of cancer in mammals? Was it thousands of years ago or hundreds? Did some man made invention spur this disease into "being"?
I am sure cancer is probably older than lightbulbs, but we were thinking what if something as innocuous as light bulbs "created" cancer? or if it was something even less innocuous like eating pork...
Like Jim said, it has probably been around forever. But still, I wonder if it's becoming more prevalent now/cancer is what happens to animals due to animals living longer (not getting eaten by predators etc)? How much cancer was around before it was a known diagnosis?
Or is it a combination of the above with increased cancer-causing poisons in the ecosystem. And our pets, since they roll around in it all get more exposure? After -all certain things are known to increase risk of cancer - so it's reasonable to assume there are unknown things that increase risk.
