Chernobyl’s ‘Radioactive’ Wolves
Gray wolves from the radioactive forbidden zone around the nuclear disaster site of Chernobyl are now roaming out into the rest of the world, raising the possibility they'll spread mutant genes that they may carry far and wide, a new study finds.
The wolves are prospering not due to any mutant superpower, but because the radioactive zone now acts like a wildlife preserve, researchers added.
A number of juveniles have been tracked leaving the exclusion zone and interacting with wolves from surrounding areas. Chernobyl has 7 times the population density of wolves compared to surrounding preserves.
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