To: nickcarraway
Traces of the radioactive isotope cesium-137 exceeded the legal limit by 10 times. These boars are breaking the law.
2 posted on
03/16/2013 2:59:37 PM PDT by
Egon
(Apparently, Jimmy Carter DOES need a third term.)
To: nickcarraway
Saves the trouble of having to microwave your bacon.
3 posted on
03/16/2013 3:00:21 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
5 posted on
03/16/2013 3:03:00 PM PDT by
jaz.357
(Contrary To Ordinary)
To: nickcarraway
Just because it’s in print means not that it is true. BS
6 posted on
03/16/2013 3:05:13 PM PDT by
CincyRichieRich
(Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
To: nickcarraway
On the other hand, when it comes to finding truffles, these guys have superpowers!
7 posted on
03/16/2013 3:07:01 PM PDT by
Winstons Julia
(Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
To: nickcarraway
Oddly, Chernobyl is home to varieties of wild critters, not just these boars. And the vegetation is doing just fine.
Apparently, the radiation isn’t killing them.
What do we make of all this?
8 posted on
03/16/2013 3:07:38 PM PDT by
lurk
To: nickcarraway
Yumpin Yemenis!
9 posted on
03/16/2013 3:08:18 PM PDT by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: nickcarraway
10 posted on
03/16/2013 3:12:34 PM PDT by
aMorePerfectUnion
(Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international, gone independent. Gone.)
To: nickcarraway
Hmmmm,,,, Better test all the horse meat they found over there too!
To: nickcarraway
Piedomnt is about 1,500 miles from Chernobyl, so that's probably not it.
12 posted on
03/16/2013 3:13:22 PM PDT by
Vision
(Obama is king of the "Takers." Don't be a "Taker.")
To: nickcarraway
Communism: The gift that keeps on giving.
13 posted on
03/16/2013 3:13:39 PM PDT by
denydenydeny
(Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
To: nickcarraway
Teenage Mutant Ninja Boars!
15 posted on
03/16/2013 3:14:12 PM PDT by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: nickcarraway
25 years later? The thing you have to remember about radioactive substances is that the gas tank is finite. The stuff that stays active a long time isn’t very radioactive to begin with. The stuff that’s fiercely radioactive doesn’t stay that way very long.
16 posted on
03/16/2013 3:16:30 PM PDT by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: nickcarraway
If a radioactive wild boar bites you, do you get super powers?
18 posted on
03/16/2013 3:22:04 PM PDT by
SIDENET
To: nickcarraway
If I remember correctly, cesium-137 and strontium-90 are the most immediate threats because they can be taken up through the roots of plants. Animals eat the plants and then spread the isotopes far and wide.
21 posted on
03/16/2013 3:52:21 PM PDT by
SeeSharp
To: nickcarraway
Interesting story out of Fukushima. After one of the reactor buildings exploded, a nuclear emergency response team from the Japanese military was caught outside during the explosion. They became so radioactively hot, that their leader told them to separate and not stand next to each other. Apparently that only increased their individual rad exposure. So apparently the moral of the story is to always stay clear of nuclear zombie boars.
To: nickcarraway
Cesium-137 is one of the more dangerous isotopes. Lightweight isotopes tend to have short a short half life; heavy isotopes tend to precipitate quickly so usually don’t spread very well. Cesium is right in the middle.
Not only is it easily uptaken by plants, but when consumed by mammals it tends to concentrate in the bone marrow. It is both a gamma and beta emitter, so its ionizing radiation can both damage cells, leading to leukemia and cancers, and cause burns.
To: nickcarraway
Wow...bacon already cooked.
To: nickcarraway
Simultaneously start and end your day with breakfast sausage from Chernobyl Farms.
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