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| Radioactive wild boar roaming the forests of Germany |
| 2014-09-02 |
| Tests by the state government of Saxony show that more than one in three wild boars gave off such high levels of radiation, thought to be a legacy of Chernobyl, that they were unfit for human consumption They're also eleven feet tall with squidlike tentacles... |
| Posted by:linker |
| #13 ZF. You've been a real bright spot today. To catch up to the season, I offer an alternative: Sooie!nami |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-09-02 20:30 |
| #12 Hit submit too soon. Some areas were seeded with cesium 137 and others with cobalt isotopes and constantly monitored to see what effect they had on the flora and fauna. There is a deer hunt on National laboratory land each year and every animal taken is tested. If radiation levels are too high the animal is confiscated. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-09-02 20:10 |
| #11 J Q C wildlife is still tested at Oak Ridge. Vegetable as well as animal. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-09-02 20:05 |
| #10 Bores taking trips (and explorer) All bake in a boat -- it's a snorer, Till pickled pig lips Whisper in an eclipse Up in darkest Hambodia: "Horror!" |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-09-02 17:27 |
| #9 At one time a few years back, techs at Oak Ridge tested frogs, ducks, and other animal life, and trees for radioactivity. They probably still do the monitoring. The flora and fauna occasionally tested positive. The radioactivity was a legacy from WWII when low-level radioactive waste was dumped into settling ponds at OR to get rid of it. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-02 17:10 |
| #8 Ruh rooh, OS may have broken SFC's writer block. Swinenami soon to follow. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-09-02 16:39 |
| #7 Might not have been Chernobyl. The Russians were very careless with nuclear material, and had some in Saxony. Of course, even we had radioactive fallout from Chernobyl in England while I was stationed there. Between that and Mad Cow, I can no longer be a doner -- blood or body parts. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2014-09-02 15:59 |
| #6 Chernobyl. The gift that keeps giving. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-09-02 13:37 |
| #5 Well, I guess Sharknado II was enough of sharks, so now its on to Big Glowing Flying Wild Boars in ... Apigalypse Now the horror ... the horror Coming soon to the SyFy Channel |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-09-02 12:31 |
| #4 linker.... I am so disappointed. I expected giant mutants. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-09-02 12:24 |
| #3 Discredit where discredit is due, ed- Gilbert Shelton wrote Wonder Warthog and the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2014-09-02 10:52 |
| #2 Of course the theme song is to be found at 19:20. Still I feel that Philbert Dessanex is writing for the NYT! |
| Posted by: Snavise Cholurt4299 2014-09-02 09:26 |
| #1 The return of "Wonder Wart-Hog". (All former fans of R Crumbs' 'Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers' will get the joke. If they have any brain cells left, that is.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-09-02 07:21 |