UM-Bot Posted September 3, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are still being felt in Europe more than 28 years later. German authorities have reported that wild boar, which still roam the country's forests and are hunted for their meat, have been exhibiting increasing levels of radioactive contamination in recent years to the point where up to a third are unfit for consumption. Read More: http://www.unexplain...r-europes-woods 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrooma Posted September 3, 2014 #2 Share Posted September 3, 2014 so, no superpowers then....? . QUOTE- The government has had to pay out hundreds of thousands of Euros to hunters in compensation for the large number of boars that have had to be destroyed due to being unfit for sale. . .....except the power to encourage freeloading EU members..... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted September 3, 2014 #3 Share Posted September 3, 2014 i heard Bebop was in the forest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 3, 2014 #4 Share Posted September 3, 2014 hardly news, this was known since about a year after Chernobyl.... must have been a slow news day... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted September 3, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I wonder if anyone has eaten radioactive boar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 3, 2014 #6 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I wonder if anyone has eaten radioactive boar? quite a few people in fact, quite a few. If the radioactivity level is below the limits the vets approve them for human consumption. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximusnow Posted September 3, 2014 #7 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I like turtles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babe Ruth Posted September 3, 2014 #8 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Humans do SO MUCH poison the planet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac E Posted September 3, 2014 #9 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I wonder if they glow at night.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesjr191 Posted September 3, 2014 #10 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) I wonder if they glow at night.... Only when they fart! Edited September 3, 2014 by jamesjr191 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfonso Posted September 3, 2014 #11 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I wonder if they glow at night.... I was wondering the same thing .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted September 3, 2014 #12 Share Posted September 3, 2014 For that extra spicy BBQ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 3, 2014 #13 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) I wonder if they glow at night.... Living tissue does not glow due to radioactivity. Edit: else there would be lots of light in Southern Germany's forests as Mushrooms seem to have a predilection in gathering up radioactive isotopes. Edited September 3, 2014 by questionmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted September 3, 2014 #14 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Fallout B.L.T's for everyone!!!!!!! YUMMY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac E Posted September 3, 2014 #15 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Living tissue does not glow due to radioactivity. Edit: else there would be lots of light in Southern Germany's forests as Mushrooms seem to have a predilection in gathering up radioactive isotopes. My sarcasm doesn't go over well in text Thanks for the info though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted September 4, 2014 #16 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I wonder if any of the boar have cancer. If radiation causes cancer and can be used to kill cancer, would the correct amount keep cancer from developing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 4, 2014 #17 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I wonder if any of the boar have cancer. If radiation causes cancer and can be used to kill cancer, would the correct amount keep cancer from developing? Good question, next question... A fast check seems to show that there is no reliable data about cancer in wild boars... which just means that nobody bothered to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bboy91 Posted September 4, 2014 #18 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Actually, this is not new! The original articles are from 2010...It's not for the first time to see that you post old articles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Serenity Posted September 5, 2014 #19 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I always find the whole Chernobyl area really fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babe Ruth Posted September 6, 2014 #20 Share Posted September 6, 2014 How so, Princess? Porque? The actual event, or its results manifesting today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Serenity Posted September 6, 2014 #21 Share Posted September 6, 2014 How so, Princess? Porque? The actual event, or its results manifesting today? I don't know. Maybe because it's abandoned? [shrugs] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Wellington Posted September 6, 2014 #22 Share Posted September 6, 2014 The effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are still being felt in Europe more than 28 years later. Read More: http://www.unexplain...r-europes-woods I may have eaten one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Trinity Posted September 8, 2014 #23 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Surely though if the radioactivity was going to be of any danger to us, and as they are made out of skin, tissue and organs like us, then they will die long before before it can be of any danger to us....unless people run up to Boar corpses and start rubbing them all over their face or something.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 8, 2014 #24 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Surely though if the radioactivity was going to be of any danger to us, and as they are made out of skin, tissue and organs like us, then they will die long before before it can be of any danger to us....unless people run up to Boar corpses and start rubbing them all over their face or something.... The difference is that boars live an average of 10-20 years (if they don't get shot first) reducing the chance of cancer forming due to radioactive damage by factor 5 compared to humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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