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Sources and further information: https://sites.google.com/view/quellen... Cancer is a scary and mysterious disease. In trying to understand it in order to be able to fight it better, we came across a biological paradox that remains unsolved to this day: very large animals seem to be immune to cancer. That doesn't make sense - the larger a living being is, the more cancer it should have. To understand why this is the case, we first have to take a closer look at cancer itself. Things Explained - Kurzgesagt is a science channel that explains complex topics from space research, physics, biology, politics, philosophy and technology in a simple and understandable way in animated form. We publish a new video in German every two weeks. Sometimes translations from our English-language channel, sometimes exclusive content for the German market. Things Explained - Kurzgesagt has been a funk offering since September 28, 2017.