Despite the finding, scientists say bigger species also develop stronger defenses against the disease In a nutshell Larger ...

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He told me that fish and humans are distant relatives. All vertebrates – animals with backbones – are related. “Humans and fish aren’t close evolutionary cousins,” Siek said.

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