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I was curious if snakes have been found to have cancer? Now I do know that certain species of fish get cancer due to chemicals in some waters.
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Iggy, Sure they do. Cancerous tumors occur in all sorts of animals including reptiles.
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Here is one short article on cancer in snakes; http://www.petsdoc.com/html/askthevet/a ... ancer.html
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