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Radioactive wild boar roaming the forests of Germany
UK Daily Telegraph ^
| September 1, 2014
| Justin Huggler
Posted on 09/02/2014 6:27:12 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
Twenty-eight years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, its effects are still being felt as far away as Germany – in the form of radioactive wild boars.
Wild boars still roam the forests of Germany, where they are hunted for their meat, which is sold as a delicacy.
But in recent tests by the state government of Saxony, more than one in three boars were found to give off such high levels of radiation that they are unfit for human consumption.
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(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chernobyl; environment; hunting; radiation
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That studio that keeps cranking out the Sharknado movies is all over this, I'm sure.
To: Buckeye McFrog
Chernobyl has become a paradise for wildlife, radioactive or not.
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posted on
09/02/2014 6:29:18 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Cool!
Don’t need those expensive Night Vision Scopes to hunt them in the dark!
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posted on
09/02/2014 6:29:41 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Should be easy to hunt at night...
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posted on
09/02/2014 6:30:33 AM PDT
by
Kozak
("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger e)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
09/02/2014 6:30:45 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Who says the news is boaring?
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posted on
09/02/2014 6:30:51 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
09/02/2014 6:40:11 AM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
The good news:
Bacon with a half-life of 10000 years.
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posted on
09/02/2014 6:58:57 AM PDT
by
Carl LaFong
(The. Media. Is.The. Enemy.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
How can an animal be that radioactive and survive?
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posted on
09/02/2014 7:03:05 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
loved wild boar when i was stationed in germany many decades ago
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posted on
09/02/2014 7:08:17 AM PDT
by
bravo whiskey
(we shouldn't fear the government. the government should fear us.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
09/02/2014 7:09:02 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Buckeye McFrog
Such a senseless waste of bacon is heartbreaking.
To: Buckeye McFrog
To: TangoLimaSierra
How can an animal be that radioactive and survive?
I'm certain the forthcoming SyFy movie will 'splain that.
To: VRWCmember
With that much radiation perhaps the bacon cooks itself?
To: Buckeye McFrog
Use the boars for radiation clean up.
To: Buckeye McFrog
Truffles. They are eating radioactive truffles. I’m telling you, there’s nothing good that comes from eating truffles.
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posted on
09/02/2014 7:22:10 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Buckeye McFrog
I suspect that they would find many more animal types with serious radioactivity if they looked. Deer in particular absorb radioactive isotopes by eating the lichen on rocks. The lichen live in cracks of rocks and those cracks are where airborne radioactive debris end up after a couple of rains. Deer have historically been the most radioactive so far.
After the 300 plus above ground nuclear events from 1945-62, nasty isotopes were spread over every square inch of earth. There now are no materials of any kind without radioactive content, anywhere.
Don’t expect to hear about the effects anytime from our leadership. Can you imagine how far-reaching these effects are?
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posted on
09/02/2014 7:23:53 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
09/02/2014 7:28:36 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Chainmail
That’s what happens when Man starts playing around with stuff that is properly in the province of God.
Which gives me all kinds of warm-and-fuzzies about Genetic Engineering.
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