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The bigger the animal, the longer they live, but then why do small dogs live longer than big ones?

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I've been taught that ionizing radiation are very short and energetic waves that can ionize your molecules and damage DNA, while radiation from say Cesium 137 are "neutrons flying around". Both are ionizing radiation, but since one are waves and the other physical particles, are they the same?

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The bigger the animal, the longer they live, but then why do small dogs live longer than big ones?	1
I've been taught that ionizing radiation are very short and energetic waves that can ionize your molecules and damage DNA, while radiation from say Cesium 137 are "neutrons flying around". Both are ionizing radiation, but since one are waves and the other physical particles, are they the same?	1