Radioactive Wolves of Chernobyl.

[maddog]

[Walking_addict]

Great link and doco maddog, thanks for posting that.

[Travis22]

I'll second Les's sentiments. Thanks for the link Maddog, I really enjoyed watching that.

But the question remains what is the lifespan of the animals living in the contaminated area in general..?

Travis.

[maddog]

G'day Travis and Les,
Glad you liked it.

Travis,

It doesn't really matter how long the animals last, in nature life is nasty, brutish and short anyway. It is important that they are living long enough to breed and are healthy enough to produce viable offspring. What is of most interest is how nature returns to fill a void, in even the most disturbed of ecosystems.

Just free nature from the influence of humans and the wild returns. Something to think about on your next walk

Cheers.

[Walking_addict]

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I had an inklng I'd seen another Chernobyl video a while ago, and found it . . . a TED talk, and very good 9 minutes on the people that still live (never moved out of) the exclusion zone.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93hbqLBp_HI
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[Gadgetgeek]

kinda like how the land mines on the Falkland islands help out the penguins. Nothing like giving mother nature a little more of a fighting chance... literally. Although with all of the talk of radioactive wolves, I was hoping maybe they would be glowing or something, even though I know thats not how it works. I guess I missed the scary mutation part of the show.
I think it just proves that we do more damage day to day than we think we do, and these massive events are statistically less damaging.

The balance between the wolves and beavers was interesting. In my experience there isn't much that will actually attack a beaver unless it is well away from water, and dogs are often drowned by beavers if they get into a fight in water. I guess the pack behavior of the wolves negates that. Since beavers form a very visible balance with their habitat, its cool to see info about them.