• Question: Which animals have a more complex immune system than humans?

    Asked by Pravi29 to Carmen, Laura, Steph on 19 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Stephanie Dyson

      Stephanie Dyson answered on 19 Mar 2015:


      None, any animals with back bones have an immune system but ours is by far the most complex!

      Steph

    • Photo: Laura Garcia Ibanez

      Laura Garcia Ibanez answered on 19 Mar 2015:


      All mammals share a very similar immune system. Cheers!

    • Photo: Carmen Denman

      Carmen Denman answered on 19 Mar 2015:


      Humans are certainly at the top, but for various reasons including our advanced use of vaccines to educate our immune systems!

      Also, our close relatives the old and new world monkeys have slightly different immune systems, because they have had to live and survive exposure to different types of pathogens, and then pass that immunity down to their future offspring as a competitive advantage.

      Cheers! Great question.

      Carmen

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