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Earless rabbit born near Fukushima plant
- ghshephard 15y agoI know I don't need to remind this audience, but it's ludicrous to take a single anecdote as a precursor to a trend. More useful information would be "What percentage of mammals being born in the various radiation exposed prefectures are being born with mutations, and, how does that incident rate compare to areas outside of those prefectures" Side Note - Rabbits born without ears, while not rare, aren't particularly unheard of. Second hit on Google isn't even Japan: "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1100030/Whats-Doc-Meet-Vincent-rabbit-born-ears.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1100030/Whats...
- ansy 15y agoA single data point isn't statistically significant. Mutations happen all the time for any number of reasons.