Chernobyl’s mutant wolves: A case study of adaptation and cancer resistance • FRANCE 24 English

In the Science segment, we tell you more about the so-called “mutant wolves of Chernobyl”. 38 years after the nuclear disaster, animals roaming the exclusion zone are still exposed to high levels of radiation but researchers have also found that part of their genetic information appears to be resilient to increased risk of cancer. 

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36 comments

  4. If wolves can adapt, why not humans? Because no one wants to "try". Animals have no choice but to stay (away from humans).

  11. TIL Flora and fauna in its natural form is indeed a rarity in Europe. I couldn't have imagined that Chernobyl exclusion zone is the largest natural wildlife sanctuary in a continent.

  16. Vruses, bacteria, fungi etc also did go to a certain mutation and might as well turn into a more senister kind that we have not seen before. I hope the advancement of supercomputers like that of Google's Willow will humanity's trump card to fight diseases like cancer or fix the problem of foreign organ rejection in transplants.

  19. Life always finds a way. Humans are the ones thinking that can master everything including their existence. But nature will prove them wrong sooner or later. Even a not very intelligent creature as a dinosaur faced this, dinosaurs were the leading species on the planet millions of years ago and leading other species to an almost extinction. Then a meteorite solved the problem creating a more balanced natural environment, at least until a few centuries ago, when overpopulation and greed is creating the same problem.

  22. It has more than one time proven that the really danger for the animals is the presence of humans. Cause of the radiation the humans are gone and the animals thrive no matter what.
    Do the scientist noticed that? Or all is about humans?

  24. I don't understand where they get there data? In my understanding animals are not researched for cancer deaths. That they survived is maybe the point.

  30. Humans: Almost wipe out the wildlife. Blow up a nuclear reactor. Leave.

    Nature: Thrives.

    Conclusion: Humanity is a cancer.

  32. Shows you take away humans and nature finds a way to thrive…. Even in a nuclear wasteland!!! It's us Humans that are the problem.

  33. Chernobyl is Located: Pripyat , Kyiv Oblast Ukraine Which is the Old.. United Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R.) Or Soviet Union… Russia 🇷🇺 🇷🇺.

  35. What if they resist to cancer only becouse they hungry so they starve alot.. it makes cancer beeing used as fuel to run body… Genetics cant change probebly so fast, but wolves move alot and starve… it is simillar what we say today is healthy, run walk and dont eat in some periods… Make sense, if wolves reproduce fast now they dont have enough pray ..

  36. Didn't in the Jurassic park, they said " LIFE FINDS A WAY " … Those animal habitats in the midst of radiation…. Their Dna modified themselves to survive in a radioactive place…..and now they are thriving without human interference…

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