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Some types of dog cancer are contagious.
Indeed, but no mention of dog-to-human transmission.
There's also the infamous Tasmanian Devil facial tumour disease. It is also transmissible, mainly because a population bottleneck has reduced the genetic diversity of Tasmanian Devils to the point where their immune systems have trouble telling each other's cells apart.
Yup, I made that very comment 3 hrs ago. Some molluscs, too.
Neat, thanks! Didn't know about the molluscs.
Thats interesting, I had no idea that was a thing. Just goes to show that the most well understood theory could have exceptions.
It's rare in mammals but it happens.
It's not transmissable to humans though, so not sure what the truck owner was on about.