Radiation survivability (split from Division of Russia between the Western world and China)

[KJW]

6 hours ago, TheVat said:

a clean wipe of all animal species (cockroaches excepted) from the planet.

This is a myth that MythBusters busted. They found that flour beetles and fruit flies can withstand higher amounts of cobalt-60 radiation than cockroaches, with the flour beetles able to survive the most lethal dose of radiation that was used.

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by KJW

[TheVat]

Good for them.  My reply was addressing a different point in another thread, and the cockroach reference was a use of synecdoche.  Faster than typing "and several other hardy insect species."  Cheers.