First post

Hello, his is my first official post and I hope I will have enough time to post more. So, the first of my accumulated knowledge is this.... Exposure to radioactive material released into the environment has caused mutations in butterflies found in Japan, a study suggests. Two months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011, a team of Japanese researchers collected 144 adult pale grass blue (Zizeeria maha) butterflies from 10 locations in Japan, including the Fukushima area. By comparing mutations found on the butterflies collected from the different sites, the team found that areas with greater amounts of radiation in the environment were home to butterflies with much smaller wings and irregularly developed eyes. "It has been believed that insects are very resistant to radiation," said lead researcher Joji Otaki from the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa.

"In that sense, our results were unexpected," he told BBC News...... wow this is really weird because the effects of radiation are actually showing by mutating butterfly s. I would think that there are many more animals by that site that have grown ligaments/improved senses. Makes you scratch your head and wonder just how far radiation could be taken to create something entirely new. If insects are supposedly resistant, then why have they grown? I don't know but this is definitely something for the metaphorical bookshelf. 

I received this information from http://www.bbc.co.uk