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Scientists have revealed the reason for this dogs reside in the nuclear radiation field of Chernobyl It appears he turned blue – and denies it radiation poisoning The reason is.
Wild conspiracy theories spread after photos of dogs covered in blue paint were shared on The Dogs of Chernobyl Facebook page. The group often shares photos of stray dogs in the nuclear exclusion zone to raise awareness about the health difficulties they face.
Bizarre claims have been shared online claiming this could be due to high levels of radiation in the area, with some suggesting it could be an evolutionary adaptation to the local environment.
But experts say that there may be an unexpected reason for their blue color. Instead of radiation, scientists said the blue color probably came from an inverted part Portaloo – and that The dogs had rolled around in the feces.
“The blue dye probably came from the top of the porta potty, where the dogs were rolling around in feces, as dogs are,” Timothy Musso, a University of South Carolina scientist, said in a Facebook post.
“The blue color was simply a sign of the dog’s unhygienic behavior! As any dog owner knows, most dogs will eat almost anything, including feces.
“Despite social media publicity, Chernobyl’s blue dogs do not reflect any kind of mutation or evolutionary adaptation to radiation, but are rather the result of unsanitary behavior of dogs around portapotti.”
Chernobyl was the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986. A reactor at a nuclear power plant explodes and releases radioactive material into the environment, killing 31 people and causing long-term health effects for thousands of Ukrainians.
In response, the former Soviet Union established a 30 km exclusion zone around the facility and evacuated more than 120,000 people from 189 cities. They were told it would only be for three days and they were not allowed to bring pets. However they never returned and the pets became abandoned.
At first, in response, workers were asked to kill stray dogs, but they refused, saying it was inhumane. Clean Futures Found (CFF) intervened to monitor the dogs.
Every winter, workers would care for the dogs until 2017, when CFF established the Chernobyl Dogs Program to spay, neuter, and vaccinate dogs living in the area.
Veterinarians, veterinary technicians, scientists, dog catchers and general volunteers contribute to the care of the dogs.
The group was formed in 2017 by the CFF to help track down an estimated 250 dogs living near the Chernobyl power plant.