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Animals that die within 5 years probably don't have enough time to succumb to the effects of radiation. That's just a guess though.
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
Animals that die within 5 years probably don't have enough time to succumb to the effects of radiation. That's just a guess though.
- agumonkey 9y agoPossibly, and maybe with lower radiation levels they don't exhibit mutations...
- dasil003 9y agoIt's also quite random, they may live there and the background radiation isn't bad enough on average to kill them, but then if they accidentally ingest a few hot particles it could be game over pretty quickly. For most animals this might not even register in the top 10 existential threats, but for humans the psychological stress would be debilitating.