Radioactive Snails Crawl Up From Beneath

slidersv writes "Reuters is reporting discovery of radioactive snails in the area where three hydrogen bombs were lost by US in the 1966. The radioactive creatures crawl up from underground, where authorities suspect deposits of uranium and plutonium may be located."

Comments

Radio-Cochlear Overlords

[P(0)(!P(k) P(k 1))]

Jokes about radio-cochlear overlords aside, two things come to mind:

• If we don't survive nuclear holocaust: what creatures, more robust than we, will? (Reminds me of the thriving Chernobylian fauna.)
• What ungodly mutations must an organism undergo to thrive therein?

If the future is bleak for humanity, it may be less so for simpler, more robust organisms.

Re:Radio-Cochlear Overlords

[famebait]

If we don't survive nuclear holocaust: what creatures, more robust than we, will

Or more importantly, in a fight, who would win:

• Radiocative snails
• Sharks with frickin lasers on their heads

Mod "Interesting" for snails, "Informative" for sharks.

And what about Thule?

[jginspace]

I thought the TFA might be talking about the crash of the B52 in Thule. This incident refers to a 1966 crash in Spain whereas the Thule incident happened in 1968.

Perhaps scientists should check out the Thule site for similar happenings? More here: http://www.semp.us/biots/biot.php?biotID=5 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/low/dates/stories/ january/28/newsid_2506000/2506207.stm

Kosher food

[iendedi]

It's interesting to think about what kinds of food would be safe to eat after a large scale nuclear war. You certainly couldn't eat shellfish or snails, because they soak up toxins very readily. Also, you should probably avoid pigs, because they eat everything. And, if you eat meat, it would be advisable to bleed it first because toxins build up in the blood.

Makes you wonder about the real history of Kosher laws in Judaism.