From: dwinsemius@comcast.net   
      
   On Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 2:32:16 PM UTC-7, Lee Ayrton wrote:   
   > No, not Seven Wright's Twinkie-fed dog. Or Walking Dead's zombies.   
   >   
   > It comes from a conversation at work on Friday, one participant (with a   
   > soap box permanently attached to his feet) offering that life had   
   > returned to the exclusion zone around Chernobyl; wildlife, plants,   
   > everything.  Except that when the leaves fall they /never rot/, they   
   > just pile up.  Punch line: Authorities are worried that eventually all   
   > the forest floor litter will catch fine and release more radiation than   
   > the initial meltdown did.   
      
   "Life" has returned, but the bacteria and those equally cunning fungi have   
   not. A reversal of evolution it appears.   
      
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