Wildlife In Chernobyl Is Not Only Back, But Thriving. Automatic Cameras Are Revealing Their Secret Lives
May 1, 2015
Automatic cameras in the Ukrainian side of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have provided an insight into the previously unseen secret lives of wildlife that have made the contaminated landscape their home.
In the first four months since the cameras were deployed, the team has "trapped" more than 10,000 images of animals, suggesting the 30km zone, established shortly after the April 1986 disaster when a nuclear reactor exploded, ejecting radioactive material across the surrounding terrain and high into the atmosphere, is now home to a rich diversity of wildlife.
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Packs of grey wolves have been recorded across the zone, and seem to have adapted well to life with minimal human interference.
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Przeswalski's horses have adapted quite well to life within the zone, moving around in large groups.
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Red foxes are another species that seem to be capitalizing on the lack of human disturbance.
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The surrounding habitat provides a perfect backdrop for this deer to blend into the background.
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... as it does for this lynx.
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The arrival of warmer weather saw an increase in the number of badgers being photographed by the remote camera traps.
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Wild boar are widespread, moving in large groups and causing considerable physical disruption to the top-soils as they forage for food.
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Until these images were captured, there was no known photographic proof that brown bears had returned to the area.
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The camera traps will continue to capture images until October 2015.
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