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Chernobyl Area Survey Finds Lasting Problems For Wildlife

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ninguna writes "The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl has revealed that mammals are declining in the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant. While some stories seem to indicate nature is recovering, the actual picture isn't quite so great."

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  1. Mammals down, giant insects up by feedayeen · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the bright side, giant insects are expected to make a HUGE comeback.

  2. so what you are trying to tell me is by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    that the science behind the godzilla creation myth is not plausible?

    don't mess with my religion man

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  3. Re:How long till 'clean'? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only person who read gigabecquerels and immediately thought of 60 foot tall mutant squirrels, with glowing red eyes rampaging around the place? If gigabecquerels is not the unit denoting number of mutant squirrels created by the radiation given off, I think it definitely should be.

    On a related note, what does it actually mean?