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Scientists finally know why Germany’s wild boar are surprisingly radioactive (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here ya go, I'll save you the click.

Wild boars near Allersberg, Bavaria. Decades after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, wild boars around Germany and Austria are still highly radioactive even though other animals are not. In a new study, scientists discovered that the high radiation levels come from nuclear weapon testing in the 1960s, not from Chernobyl.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That actually doesn’t save us a click. Other animals would have elevated levels too if it was just from testing in the 60’s. The real saved you a click is that the boars eat a particular truffle that holds onto radiation at much higher levels than other foliage in the area, and other animals don’t eat those truffles.