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Radioactive Boar-Pig Hybrids Emerge From Fukushima Disaster Site, According To Study

Ian Haworth
Radioactive Boar-Pig Hybrids Emerge From Fukushima Disaster Site, According To Study
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Researchers at Fukushima, the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, have found that a new mutant species of radioactive boar-pig has emerged from the wasteland.

According to a new study that investigated the impact of nuclear disasters on the local habitat, the high levels of radiation had no “adverse effects” on the genetics of the animals.

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