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Fukushima radiation spawned mutant butterflies

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Image of Fukushima radiation spawned mutant butterflies

Researchers in Japan say radioactive fallout from the Fukushima meltdowns has created abnormalities among the nation's butterfly species.

The researchers collected hundreds of butterflies in the weeks and months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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