Chernobyl Wildlife - Struggling and Thriving - REWILDING

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On April 26, 1986, the world witnessed one of the worst nuclear disasters in history when the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine suffered a catastrophic meltdown. The explosion and the subsequent fire released a massive amount of radioactive particles into the air, contaminating a large area around the power plant. As a result, the region around Chernobyl was evacuated and became a ghost town, abandoned by humans for over three decades. But while humans left, the wildlife remained.

The 2600 km2 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, has become a wildlife haven due to the absence of human activity. Many species, including European bison, wolves, bears, and deer, have thrived, leading to the creation of a national reserve in the area.

Previous research on smaller animals, such as birds, rodents, and insects, has shown that exposure to radiation in the zone can lead to mutations and negative health effects.

Recent research has suggested that certain animal and plant populations may have adapted to the radiation in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Thank you for watching this video about Chernobyl. The success of the rewilding efforts in the exclusion zone serves as a testament to the amazing ability of nature to recover and thrive, even in the face of disaster. Nature can rewild itself and quickly bounce back to a perfect equilibrium with our help or without us at all, as shown by Chernobyl.

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[dhand]

Amazing how well it does without humans to try and manage

[hllssvt]

Damn underrated channel. Idk why you aren’t getting at least views in the 100 thousands.

[ProjectDarkWolf]

I remember reading about the black tree frogs last summer! Radiation is perhaps a future factor in speciation, if the population is isolated for long enough maybe. It would also be interesting to see an update on Fukashima, where a lot of the fallout zone was aquatic or marine ecosystems.

[od]

i saw a report about Beavers that built dames and the wildlife thrived until Wolves figured out how to kill the beavers in the frozed winters. The dams failed without the beavers. I don't know what was done after that.

[aonyx]

You're only seeing the animals that survive radiation remember. Those casualties born with mutational defects die quickly and mostly go unrecorded.

[carlpeberdy]

I still find it amazing that wildlife can thrive in such an area - I wonder if there are any studies on Hiroshima & Nagasaki? That drone footage from Chernobyl is haunting though - I love the ferris wheel - JG Ballard would have had a field day with a novel based on it all!

[biggiesmol]

Land mines are continually used because there are 32 countries that have vetoed against its ban.