The original post: /r/askscience by /u/QuantumDriveRocket on 2024-10-24 03:43:12.

I was reading about it online and it seems to be because of a plethora of unique conditions their bodies have from complex sugar that helps keeps cells from clumping together and forming tumors to being the only cold-blooded mammal, lacking pain sensitivity to chemical stimuli in their skin and being able to withstand very low levels of oxygen (hypoxia).