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From: Haim R. Branisteanu10/21/2025 7:19:39 AM
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A biologist from Chernobyl said at a conference in Prague:

“Radiation turned out to be kinder than humans”

And what is happening in the Zone now is breaking science. A scientist who has lived in the exclusion zone for fifteen years once said a phrase that made the entire hall fall silent: “Chernobyl has become the best nature reserve in Europe.” In the 39 years since the disaster, the population of large mammals has increased sevenfold. Wolves have taken over abandoned schools, bears have returned after a century of absence, and lynxes walk on the rooftops of houses where people once lived. The radioactive wasteland has turned into a place where nature has finally exhaled - without us. And the numbers prove it: humans are more dangerous than radiation.

The most astonishing thing is the mutations that make animals stronger. Wolves from the Zone were found to have six times higher resistance to cancer than normal. Their cells repair DNA damage faster than laboratory samples. Frogs that were once green have turned black - melanin acts as a natural shield. Dogs have developed more than two hundred unique genetic variations found nowhere else in the world. Scientists argue over how to call this phenomenon: degradation or evolution on fast-forward.

Even the birds have changed. Their blood contains ten times more antioxidants than that of their relatives from “clean” areas. They live longer, don’t lose energy during migration, and reproduce faster. One ornithologist said: “This isn’t a miracle - it’s biology that has learned not to fear death.” It’s as if radiation has switched them into another mode - not to avoid danger, but to use it as training for survival.

The plants have turned the Zone into a tropical land. Branches break through house roofs, and mushrooms near the reactor grow as large as car wheels. These fungi feed on radiation - literally absorbing gamma rays and converting them into growth energy. Biologists call this process “radiotrophy.” This isn’t science fiction - it’s the first recorded case of a living organism learning to consume the very energy that kills everything else.

The conclusion is staggering: Nature is not just recovering - it’s changing the rules of the game. Chernobyl has become a laboratory of the future.
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