Comments on: Wild monkeys and boars enlisted to help measure Fukushima radiation in Japan http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Godfree http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html#comment-1296869 Godfree Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134295#comment-1296869 More "drafted" than "enlisted," wouldn't you say? More “drafted” than “enlisted,” wouldn’t you say?

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html#comment-1296686 Noctilucent Studios Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134295#comment-1296686 Apropos of nothing in particular, I was just thinking about those snow monkeys the other day and how one never seems to see them photographed in any place OTHER than those thermal baths. Surely they must have other places to hang out? Apropos of nothing in particular, I was just thinking about those snow monkeys the other day and how one never seems to see them photographed in any place OTHER than those thermal baths. Surely they must have other places to hang out?

]]> By: PhosPhorious http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html#comment-1296673 PhosPhorious Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134295#comment-1296673 I had an image of monkeys in lab coats with Geiger counters.  The reality is less cute, but I suppose necessary. I had an image of monkeys in lab coats with Geiger counters. 

The reality is less cute, but I suppose necessary.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html#comment-1296666 Brainspore Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134295#comment-1296666 It may sound inhumane, but how else can we know which monkeys are safe to eat? It may sound inhumane, but how else can we know which monkeys are safe to eat?

]]> By: zuludaddy http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html#comment-1296667 zuludaddy Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134295#comment-1296667 I hope the data collected can be put to good use, but it is sad to see animals come to harm. Today is Monkey Day, too... [www.monkeyday.com] I hope the data collected can be put to good use, but it is sad to see animals come to harm. Today is Monkey Day, too… [www.monkeyday.com]

]]> By: Garrett Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html#comment-1296654 Garrett Smith Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134295#comment-1296654 Sad what mankind does. Sad what mankind does.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html#comment-1296624 Brainspore Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134295#comment-1296624 Those monkeys look relaxed now, but wait until they find out they've been taking a hot soak in one of the reactor's cooling pools. Those monkeys look relaxed now, but wait until they find out they’ve been taking a hot soak in one of the reactor’s cooling pools.

]]> By: Eark_the_Bunny http://boingboing.net/2011/12/14/wild-monkeys-and-boars-to-meas.html#comment-1296620 Eark_the_Bunny Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134295#comment-1296620 Originally they planned to put these devices on the various wild Godzillas now roaming the area but this has proved to be very impractical so they settled on wild monkeys and wild boars instead. Originally they planned to put these devices on the various wild Godzillas now roaming the area but this has proved to be very impractical so they settled on wild monkeys and wild boars instead.

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