Mutant 'super pigs' are breeding fast in Fukushima's abandoned nuclear zone
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Mutant 'super pigs' are breeding fast in Fukushima's abandoned nuclear zone
More than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a strange wildlife experiment has been unfolding inside the region's abandoned nuclear zone. Escaped domestic pigs have interbred with wild boars, creating fast-breeding hybrids that researchers say are reshaping the local gene pool at a surprising pace, the Wildlife Society reported. While the animals have been dubbed "super pigs" by the Daily Mail, the reality is less comic-book mutatio…
Hybrid pigs living in Fukushima, Japan, are reproducing at a faster rate than the area's native wild boars. A group of pigs escaped into the wild when people were evacuated from Fukushima, Japan, after the nuclear disaster in 2011. The domesticated animals encountered wild boars and began mating. So-called "mutant pigs" have emerged, and studying them has provided a rare opportunity for scientists.
Mutant “Super Pigs” Are Taking Over Fukushima’s Abandoned Nuclear Disaster Zone
Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons A rapidly growing population of hybrid pigs descended from escaped domestic swine and wild boars has been discovered roaming the abandoned regions surrounding Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, raising new concerns about invasive species and long-term ecological disruption after nuclear disasters. Scientists from Fukushima University and Hirosaki University analyzed DNA […] The post Mutant “Super Pig…
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