I would assumed that with so much of what I would assume are extremely unhealthy amounts of radiation ending up being absorbed into the surrounding soil and indigenous plant and animal life that scientists would have noticed a distinct population drop-off of what can survive and apparently continue to remain healthy in these areas.
On a related matter, In regards to the Chernobyl disaster which happened back in the 1980s I recently watched a special where scientists revisited the decimated area to check up on the wildlife. It was surreal to see scientists and researchers walking about in full radiation protective garb taking geiger count samples while surrounded by what appears [and I want to emphasize the word "appears"] to be healthy plants and animal life. The scientists recorded the fact that there appears to be thriving herds of elk and/or deer and wolf packs that are more than happy to hunt them down and eat them. I was disappointed that the program didn't go into more detail analyzing the demographics of the wild life in more detail. I wanted to know what the over-all health and average age of the indigenous wild life was in these affected areas. I was as if the program gave me the impression that the scientists had not been prepared for what they saw, and subsequently had not made adequate provisions to collect the appropriate kind of demographic data. I would have loved to have known what the average life-span of the herds and accompanying wolf populations were. Did they go down, or stay relatively the same as to the rest of the non-radiated area? Is it possible we are witnessing an example of evolution-in-action - as Nature selects of the fittest genetic combinations that are more capable of withstanding harsher doses of radiation and subsequently pass those advantageous traits down to their progeny? I dunno. Would sure like to know. I am in no way am I implying that we shouldn't be concerned nor horrified by the amount of radiation that has been unleashed into the surrounding areas of places like Fukushima and Chernobyl. It's just that it would appear that Nature may on occasion turn out to be more resilient and resourceful that we might have first expected. Maybe we've, in a sense, lucked out. I'm reminded of a phrase uttered by Jeff Goldblum in the film Jurassic Park: "Life finds a way." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkWeMvrNiOM Let's hope Nature doesn't whip up a new batch of ravenous boars and monkeys the size of station wagons ravaging the landscape, eating everything in sight. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/newvortex
