Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone where mutant wolves have developed cancer-resilient genomes: photos
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A lone wolf stands in a woodland area near to the Chernobyl power plant.
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The Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster, May 1986.
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Wolves in Chernobyl radioactivity region running among abandoned houses.
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Wolves walking in the snow in Chernobyl exclusion zone.
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Three wolf cubs in a den inside abandoned house in Chernobyl zone.
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A stray dog hangs out near abandoned cooling tower at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
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A dog standing in front of a building in the city of Pripyat near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
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Sign warning of radiation contamination in Pripyat forest near Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
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Abandoned buildings in an aerial view of ghost town, Pripyat near Chernobyl, Ukraine.
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Inside the abandoned hospital of Pripyat, Ukraine near Chernobyl.
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An old photo of Pripyat main square and “Energetik” cultural center held up by an assistant showing it’s current abandoned and overgrown state.
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An old picture of Pripyat’s main square and Polissya hotel held by an assistant, with the same location today overgrown and abandoned.
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Interior of an abandoned supermarket in Pripyat.
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A Ferris wheel in an abandoned park near Chernobyl.
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Hotel Polissya Polissia in Chornobyl exclusion zone.
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Jupiter factory in ruins in Pripyat, Ukraine.
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A rusted cash register with a gas mask in the Exclusion zone, Pripyat, Ukraine.
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A view of a building in Pripyat.
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Gym hall with basketball hoop in abandoned school, Pripyat, Ukraine.
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School classroom with abandoned books and desks in Pripyat, Ukraine.
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A ferris wheel in an abandoned amusement park.
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Amusement park bumper cars in Pripyat.
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Small dosimeters that measure radiation dosage lie scattered on the ground outside in Pripyat, Ukraine.
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A wrecked bus in front of car repair shop.
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A half-sunken rusted boat abandoned lies in a basin of the Pripyat river.
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Pripyat swimming pool.
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A propaganda office with scattered debris and pictures in abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine.
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A classroom with empty desks and books after nuclear disaster in Pripyat.
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An abandoned building in Pripyat near Chernobyl, Ukraine.
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