"The atomic dog." Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Mar 2014 9:55 p.m. PST |
"Can dogs survive nuclear fallout? Indeed they can. In 1958, American scientists were stunned to find a canine survivor of the disastrous Castle Bravo test—the largest ever U.S. nuclear detonation. It also took a little politicking with American Airlines to rescue the pooch. For science. To learn more, I spoke with Ernest Williams, a trustee at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas. If it wasn't for Williams, the atomic dog would have been left stranded on a contaminated Pacific atoll…"
Full article here.
link Good for the dog! (smile). Amicalement
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| GROSSMAN | 11 Mar 2014 5:22 a.m. PST |
Said dog was very friendly when approached by scientists-wagging its tails wildly. |
TheBeast  | 11 Mar 2014 7:09 a.m. PST |
"A Nebraska farm boy, Williams…" ;->= A bit of an outcast myself, as I'm not a HUGE truck and dog fan, this rings SO true. When I suggested to a co-owner that his hound was a bit rowdy at the store, you'd have thought I'd called his child a delinquent. Well, maybe I did. Doug |
| jtkimmel | 11 Mar 2014 7:39 a.m. PST |
There was a PBS show a few years ago about the wolves that have taken up residence around Chernobyl, it talked about other animals as well but wolves primarily since they are the top of the food chain. I believe you can watch it online still, google "radioactive wolves". The wolves did rather well for themselves in general, despite the radiation. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 11 Mar 2014 6:11 p.m. PST |
'The wolves did rather well for themselves in general, despite the radiation.'
Radiation is much less hazardous than humans. |
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