2006-10-20 01:43:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Most mammals, including penguins, can develop cancer in a number of
organs, including the skin. I would say that it is unlikely for penguins
to develop skin cancer, however. This is because direct exposure of bare
skin to sunlight is what generally causes skin cancer.
2006-10-20 01:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If it is a serious question what makes you think that they have any incidence of skin cancer at all? If they did don't you think that a layer of waterproof feathers thick enough to insulate them from the Antarctic Ocean would also exclude all light, even more than the ozone layer did?
2006-10-20 01:56:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
"JD" has the right answer.
For humans, recent findings by scientists in the field of sunlight and Vitamin D, say that a limited amount of sunlight is the best source of Vitamin D; even just a few minutes a day helps.
2006-10-26 17:14:55 · answer #3 · answered by charly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Halley Miller or Batman's arch enemy.
2006-10-22 17:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but skin cancer rates having been increasing amongst humans
2006-10-20 01:49:50 · answer #5 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋