Animals are cute and all, but on TV Tokyo's special documentary program, "Sekai Bikkuri Daihakken: Dobutsutachi no Kiseki no Power (World Surprising Discoveries: The Miracle Power of Animals)" (Monday, 8 p.m.), animals prove they are also superheroes.
The show will present amazing news stories about animals from all over the world and attempt to explain scientifically how they did what they did.
In the United States, for instance, the pet dog of a Pennsylvania man continued licking a mole on his leg for weeks. The man finally took the hint and visited a doctor, who examined the mole and found that it was early-stage melanoma. Had the man waited much longer, the skin cancer would have spread to his lymphatic system, endangering his life. Can dogs detect cancer?