Japanese scientists have discovered new species of animals in areas where a nuclear accident occurred 10 years ago.
Study of DNA samples from wild boars thatsettled in an abandoned urban environment, showed that since 2011, the animals have actively interbred with domestic pigs. They were left by local residents in the contaminated areas after the accident. Because of this, hybrids of wild and domestic pigs live in the Fukushima area.
The authors of the study note that the nuclear catastrophe led to an incredible biological experiment.Scientists are sure that this is just one example of such crossing.In other areas abandoned by humans, new species of animals can also be found.
By themselves, domestic pigs are not able tosurvive on their own neither in the wild, nor in abandoned cities. But not wild boars. Most likely, this led to the fact that one species assimilated with another. Now a new species has appeared on the territory of exclusion, while the population continues to grow, and hybrid animals are actively interbreeding with purebred wild boars.
Recall that the radiation accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant reached level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.It began on Friday, March 11, 2011, as a result of the strongest earthquake in the history of Japan and the subsequent tsunami.
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