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Well that's an unpleasant mental image... However, cockroaches actually aren't any better at surviving radiation than any other species, mythbusters tried it.
by theon144 15y ago
Well that's an unpleasant mental image...
However, cockroaches actually aren't any better at surviving radiation than any other species, mythbusters tried it.
- sitkack 15y agoThey can survive in harsher environments using less energy. Wasn't actually thinking about a rad-hard organism. Maybe throw in some flatworm, someone has to have a robust error-correcting code system built into their genetics. Granted we would have to figure out a different neuro chemistry or physiology for having human level cognition on a much smaller energy budget.