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Originally Posted by RedDevil
Of course, sharks are on top of the oceans food chain and may accumulate an aggravated amount of nuclear deposits because of that. Nevertheless it shows that these tests did have an impact on sea life, and while I doubt the phenomena described (*) are caused by the Fukusima accident, I cannot dismiss it as having no effect at all.
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Please back up a second, and explain exactly how having VERY slight differences in the ratio of an isotope which occurs naturally in the atmosphere (and always has - ever hear of carbon dating) could reasonably be described having an impact. It's only detectable because we have equipment that can measure down to fractions of a part per trillion, fer gawdsakes.
Original paper here:
PLOS ONE: Vertebral Bomb Radiocarbon Suggests Extreme Longevity in White Sharks
Some info about carbon-14:
Carbon-14 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia