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Wildlife Defies Chernobyl Radiation
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports that wildlife has reappeared in the Chernobyl region even with high levels of radiation. Populations of animals both common and rare have increased substantially and there are tantalizing reports of bear footprints and confirmed reports of large colonies of wild boars and wolves. These animals are radioactive but otherwise healthy. A large number of animals died initially due to problems like destroyed thyroid glands but their offspring seem to be physically healthy. Experiments have shown the DNA strands have undergone considerable mutation but such mutations have not impacted crucial functions like reproduction. It is remarkable that such a phenomenon has occurred contrary to common assumptions about nuclear waste. The article includes some controversial statements recommending disposal of nuclear waste in tropical forests to keep forest land away from greedy developers and farmers"
I for one welcome our new radioactive bear overl...
wait...
That would make me a conformist to the mocking of conformity that is a slashdot hallmark... meaning a sheep.
Do radioactive bears eat sheep?
Doh.
as small does of radiation are much less lethal than small doses of humanity...
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This gal's website has always fascinated me. She takes motorcycle trips right up to the Chernobyl reactor. She has been talking about the abundance of wildlife and vegetation need the reactor for years now. I completely forgot that Chernobyl actually operated as a functioning reactor for years and years after the meltdown of one of their units in '86. How would you like to have that job in the post-meltdown world? Forget the 30 foot bears...how about the 30 foot tumors spouting from the sides of your head. Here is her link: http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm
You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means.