Animal testing is barbaric!

[sapphi_snake]

Kasz216 said:

sapphi_snake said:

Kasz216 said:

 

Actually, research tends to show people would survive a nucelear holocaust too...

Nuclear Holocaust scenarios of the Cold War were actually pretty greatly exagerrated.

http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/82jpr.html

The actural radiation of nuclear bombs isn't near as dangerous as you'd think.

 

Also, Cockroaches aren't particularly resistant to nuclear radiation.  More so then humans sure, but there are other bugs way more resistant then cockroaches.

It's just people hate cockroaches, and cockroaches are seen as the "lowest of the low"... so it makes for good imagry.

Though actually that would need to be a "BURST" of radiation, and not the nuclear fallout type situation generally seen in exagerrated nuclear war stories.

Since cockroaches are only more resistant because unlike humans their cells aren't constantly dividing.

Well, that scenario seems pretty bleak for people who do not live in 3rd world countries anyways.

Hey, i'm not saying it'd be awesome.  Just saying it wouldn't destroy the world.

Honsetly, i'd actually expect humans to be able to live in a constant nuclear fallout situation better, because they'd be able to adapt much more rapidly due to intellegence and technology.  No doubt shelters would be built rather quick.

That's the thing about human intellegence.  It accomplishes things evolution takes millions of years to accomplish.

Quite true. Of course, this is a double-edged sword (e.g. mass extinction).