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.

[Tobi]

(10-06-2015, 01:44 PM)Catherine Wrote: The obvious conclusion is that on the whole human impact on the environment is worse than a nuclear disaster.

Yes....that certainly should make people think.

The wildlife is doing remarkably well, and that is good to see. I am so glad to hear that.
I also feel that if it were humans who had been survivors of the disaster, and had lived in that particular area, as the animals have done, the results would be less optimistic.
Now why is that?

Thanks for the documentary. I had seen it before but quite a while ago, so will watch it again tonight!

[Tobi]

I have just found another interesting documentary, a tale told mainly by the animals themselves....
It's an almost 50-minute film.

https://youtu.be/IEmms6vn-p8

[Catherine]

I rewatched the first documentary. It is so well done. I will watch the link you posted tomorrow night. It is getting a little late.

I am glad that they are still watching the area and drawing conclusions about nature when we are not involved.

We would not do as well. Humans have a low tolerance for radiation. There are high cancer rates in the children even though they do not live in the exclusion zone.

I find myself wondering about Fukushima after the nuclear disaster there.
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&e...b38vc1Nc0g
Fukushima is still a work in progress. Time will tell if nature takes back the land.