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Japanese Use Wild Monkeys To Track Radiation
PolygamousRanchKid writes "Scientists in Japan are taking a novel approach to measuring the impact of radiation in a forest affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis: enlisting the help of local wild monkeys. Takayuki Takahashi, a professor of robotic technology at Fukushima University, told CNN Wednesday his team was working on a collar fitted with a dosimeter to measure radiation levels that could be fitted to the monkeys before they are released back into the wild. Takahashi said the experiment would help researchers understand how radiation in the forest can affect human beings, as well as wild animals. While human scientists have been monitoring radiation levels from the air, the use of monkey 'assistants' will give them a clearer idea of conditions on the ground."
Make the cunts responsible for the catastrophe go in. Monkeys are sentient, clever, emotional, sympathetic, empathetic relatives to ourselves and it's sickening that they're doing this. I'm not some bleeding heart PETA nut, but I am someone who has a hard time slaughtering or abusing or even eating animals that have displayed traits that suggest there's a lot more to them than, say, a fucking potato or a chicken. This is just fucking wrong. Then again, what should I expect from people that slaughter whales and can them up on a ship under the guise of "scientific research". At least they're not the Chinese. Then, they'd be chopping up the monkeys to give harder erections to a bunch of fucking retards.