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Chernobyl’s radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit

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Chernobyl’s radioactive landscape is a testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit
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CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Wildlife is thriving again four decades after the nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant in what became the exclusion zone created by the forced mass evacuations of the population. Wolves, bears and lynx have rebounded in the radioactive landscape, along with a rare breed of horses native to Mongolia. Scientists say it shows nature’s ability to recover when human activity is removed. Hidden cameras have revealed the animal population adapting by using aband

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