Radioactive boars are running rampant in Japanese towns six years after Fukushima

[brooklynite]

New York Daily News

Radioactive boars are running rampant in Japanese towns left vacant after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown sent their inhabitants scrambling.

Those returning to the town of Namie now worry about the nuclear-infected pigs, which have been known to attack humans, according to media reports.

“It is not really clear now which is the master of the town, people or wild boars,” Mayor Tamotsu Baba said. “If we don’t get rid of them and turn this into a human-led town, the situation will get even wilder and uninhabitable.”

Namie, which is in the northern Fukushima region of Japan, was one of several towns evacuated six years ago after an earthquake-induced meltdown at a nuclear plant less than three miles away spread radiation through the area.

There's a monster movie just waiting to be made here.

[MedusaX]

1. And here I thought...

That all of the world's Nuclear infected boars were in 45's Administration & congress....

[PJMcK]

2. They're infected, alright

But the infection isn't from nuclear radioactivity.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. ♡

[lunatica]

13. Trump is not a boar. He's a bore.

[central scrutinizer]

21. No, a boor

An unrefined ill- mannered person

[PearliePoo2]

3. I'm curious if the offspring (if there are any) of these boars are showing signs of genetic defects?

Off to read the article and see if it addresses that issue.
What a FUBAR. One with no "fix" in sight.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. What's Rush Limbaugh doing in Japan?

[littlemissmartypants]

9. DUzy. nt

[dembotoz]

5. Syfy channel... Listening???? Sadly I would watch it

On the other hand. Boar hunting shows seemed popular for a bit. Would think an urban area show might just work...Think a video game first person shooter would sell as well

[pinboy3niner]

6. Radioactive Boarnado!

A glowing example of SyFy excellence in movie-making!

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Perfect pinboy3niner!

Boarnado!!!

Hello? Netflix ??

[HoneyBadger]

7. Are boar somehow immune to radioactivity?

Would they just die out after one generation?

[littlemissmartypants]

11. I would guess it is

Possible multiple genetic mutation would ultimately result in cancers or other DNA changes. Imminent danger of death would most likely have to be from a sustained, immediate environment, hight exposure.

[NickB79]

17. Fukushima didn't release nearly as much radiation as most people believe

The vast majority of it was confined to the reactor site itself, or flushed and diluted into the ocean.

The levels the pigs are exposed to are not lethal in their relatively short lifespans, and their high reproductive rate compensates for the occasional deformed piglets born. The reason low-level radiation is such a concern for humans is that we can live many decades, giving ample time for small cancers to run rampant in our bodies.

[ProudLib72]

12. 3 Headed Boar to become

ambassador to U.S.

Who better to deal with the tRump administration?

[yuiyoshida]

14. MASSSIVE PORK, ITS WHAT'S FOR DINNER!

[Phoenix61]

15. They have the same problem in Germany due to Chernobyl

[pinboy3niner]

16. Finally a solution for those who can't find their bacon in the dark. nt

[BSdetect]

18. We have toxic boors running amok

[hunter]

19. It always amuses me that humans are worse for the natural environment than nuclear fallout.

Frankly I'd rather be a slightly radioactive animal than someone's dinner.

[kwassa]

20. There is a commercial opportunity here. Fukishima is proudly featuring ...