Animals of Chernobyl update

[Catherine]

They are still studying the Chernobyl area and observing the animal life there. It continues to thrive. It seems animals will thrive in the shadow of a nuclear disaster. They fail to thrive when people are around. The obvious conclusion is that on the whole human impact on the environment is worse than a nuclear disaster. That is a little simplified, but not untrue. The good news is that the environment does recover.

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

As always it is the wolves that keep things in line as the apex predator. Also the found Prezwalskis horses in the area. That is incredible! At one point they were totally gone from the wild and it is only human conservation efforts that saved them from extinction. Now they actually exist free roaming as they should. This is happy news indeed.

I am reposting the Radioactive Wolves documentary for those who haven't seen it and those who want to see it again.