• Question: why do rats sometimes survive a nuclear blast

    Asked by chaza433 to Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert, Sarah on 13 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Angela Stokes

      Angela Stokes answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      I have no idea…do they?

    • Photo: Ian Cade

      Ian Cade answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      I imagine the same way anything else can survive… by being hidden under something, protected by the extreme changes in pressure and temperature and the effects of ionising radiation.

      I expect if rats really are more likely to survive (though I have not heard that they are) it probably because they commonly live underground.

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