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Show Rats Born in Defiance of Atomic Death Despite deaths from radioactivity radioactiv-ity among animals aboard target ships in the Bikini atomic bomb test, the animal population remains almost al-most stationary, reports from the USS Burleson, animal ship of Joint Task Force 1, reveal. To offset the deaths from radioactivity, radio-activity, a litter of white rats was born aboard the USS Pennsylvania and the new arrivals were unaffect-d unaffect-d by the bomb. Originally there were 150 goats, 150 pigs and 3,100 white rats placed aboard 22 ships of the target fleet. Deaths from radioactivity are continuing, according accord-ing to reports from the Burleson. Loss of life among the animals already al-ready has exceeded the 10 per cent figure originally announced. The little pig, found swimming vigorously toward land after sinking of the Sakawa, is presumed to be still alive. |