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Radioactive wild boar-pig hybrid emerges in Fukushima


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A hybrid species of wild boar and domestic pigs is marauding around Fukushima, Japanese scientists have discovered by surprise after investigating the effects of radiation on animals.

A genetic study found that wild boar cross-bred with domestic pigs escaped from local farms in areas deserted by humans after a tsunami and an earthquake triggered the 2011 crisis at Fukushima nuclear power plant and displaced 160,000 people.

For years, hunters have been tracking down radioactive boar, which number in their hundreds and registered levels of the radioactive element caesium-137 300 times higher than is safe.

Full story at MSN

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(I was torn between a :lol:, a :unsure2:, and a :cry:, so I settled on none of them)

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In florida We have all kinds of hog pig hybrids but none are radioactive ( as far as i know )

 

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The Aussie answer to Cujo.

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