Post by Jaga on Apr 26, 2016 14:14:56 GMT -7
and it is all happening in Tchernobyl area of Belarus. In Poland we called the pristine area of wilderness "matecznik" - that means a motherland. I remember when some people were scaring everybody around that the area would be dead forever in Tchernobyl, but 30 years later it is thriving
See the video from youtube (the original video from the cameras is available from Washington Post website):
www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/04/26/30-years-after-chernobyl-disaster-camera-study-captures-a-wildlife-wonderland/?tid=pm_pop_b
Among the most-sighted were gray wolves, red foxes, wild boars and raccoon dogs. As meat-eaters, they are all important barometers because they are exposed to radiation not just through the environment, but also because their prey contains it. Radiation levels vary across the zone, but all four of those species were widely distributed, spotted in areas of high and low contamination.
Also caught on camera: Moose and deer — which humans hunt outside the zone — as well as hares, dogs, and one European bison.
See the video from youtube (the original video from the cameras is available from Washington Post website):
www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/04/26/30-years-after-chernobyl-disaster-camera-study-captures-a-wildlife-wonderland/?tid=pm_pop_b
Among the most-sighted were gray wolves, red foxes, wild boars and raccoon dogs. As meat-eaters, they are all important barometers because they are exposed to radiation not just through the environment, but also because their prey contains it. Radiation levels vary across the zone, but all four of those species were widely distributed, spotted in areas of high and low contamination.
Also caught on camera: Moose and deer — which humans hunt outside the zone — as well as hares, dogs, and one European bison.