Chernobyl News
Today we have some news from Chernobyl, the place of the Soviet Nuclear disaster.
The first one is about giang fishes nowadays can be found in the rivers of Chernobyl. Lately people all the time witness them, and Chernobyl travel trips now include special bus stops on the bridges to make photos of those puppies.
They have been reported to reach 3-4 meteres long (10-13 feet). Many stories now being told about the military diver that lost his hand thanks to one of those and some other horrifying tales. People say that the bottom mud is still radioactive in Chernobyl rivers which allows these fish get that size.
Here is another video, bit less quality, but still can be seen the contours to guess their size. The “food” they get from the spectators is usually the big pieces of loaf, so the real size of the fish can be understood in comparison.
The next story is about new giant dome being constructed above the central point of the Chernobyl site - the reactor.
The dome would be assembled at side, in order not to risk lifes of the construction workers participating, and then would be moved on rails like a rolling door to seal this friend forever.
They tell it would be really huge, 108 meteres (300 ft) tall and would be taller than Liberty Statue. Some Russian people make jokes that this nuclear shield is looking nice above the Liberty Statue, meaning that the atomic disaster in New York might have a chance too.
They say it would weigh 20,000 tons.
And that’s how the place and the reactor looks like, while the Big Shield project is not yet carried out. They say the radiation is pretty considerable in that place even now. One can hear the sound of crick-cracking monitors turned on. As you can see this place is pretty popular among tourists, some companies specialize on such kind of tourism.
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Damn, I’ve been there two monthes ago and didn’t see them. Now I got a good excuse to come back
OMG Russian fish looks so nasty
OMG. In India do not know geography. It is Ukraine
OMG in India do not know geography. It is Ukraine
And in the Baltic States they apparently don’t know which country they belong to, so they post twice with each time another country name.
Eu não sabia que podiam fazer visitaaaaaas a chernobyl depois do desastre atomico!!
o incrivel é que tem peixes vivos!!!!
So can you eat that fish?
European catfish is very very tasty. You can’t compare with american catfish. It’s the tastiest fish out there.
Amount of radiation in the animals is too small to hurt you after eating it one time
I would not suggest you make it a diet though
Deer and hares also live in the Zone and are hunted and sold as specialty meats
Looks like a mekong catfish. They’re all that size.
Wels Catfish that big are not uncommon at all, even in healthy environments.
From Wikipedia:
“With a possible total length up to 3 m (9.8 ft) and a maximum weight of over 150 kg (330 lb) [Wels Catfish] it is the second largest freshwater fish in its region after the beluga sturgeon.”
What a bullshit. What kind of fish is that? It would be a radiation effect if it were herrig. But this is a catfish. Small one.
My grandfather used to catch catfish like this in Pripyat river nearby (before Chernobyl accident of course), so there is nothing extraordinary here.
Catfish managed to grow to this size just because there are no so many fishers/poachers in that area anymore.
This might be totally lame of me to point out, by why would Russians have a popular joke about hoping for a nuclear disaster in New York? Nobody in their right mind wants that. Kind of a dickish thing to say.
Yeah I read it as a threat too - just as well I also hate USA
DO NOT LOOK AT THE TRANSLATIONS SUCH AS THE JOKE ABOUT THE LIBERTY STATUE, THIS IS COMMENTED IN A DUMB AND CONFUSING WAY. RUSSIANS DO NOT DREAM OF NUCLEAR DISASTERS AND COLD WARS, THEY DREAM OF ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AND BETTER FAMILY WELFARE. STEREOTYPES AGAIN, WE HAVE ALOT OF STEREOTYPES ABOUT AMERICANS TOO.
yes Russians do dream of good fortune and prosperity but no action. 99% dreams, no result. They do not try to get government that really represents their interests but government [like now] that 90% works for itself and its network. Talk about prestige and patriotism but government just want power and more power. To keep ordinary people down and small and poor and afraid: is their goal. Try doing business in Russia it is maybe worst country in the world to do business like starting shop. Almost no small and medium sized businesses in Russia [read: poor man's business] only big business with lot of connections and power and large network for bribes and more power gathering. Simple people [99%] have no chance here. Dream on Russia!!! But actually it is time to put foot down and demand more rights and freedom !!!!!!
“Всё будет хорошо”, right?
And speaking of hoping for better futures, this is the first thread on EnglishRussia that, minus that worthless fucktard miss india, is actually on topic and mildly interesting to read.
Let’s hope this continues (although I sure ain’t holding my breath…).
You are incredibly stupid. Gondon ebuchi
“They do not try to get government that really represents their interests”
now i got the reason why u guys are in war with iraq, ty
I believe that the greatest detriment to wildlife is the encroachment of man on their habitat. According to some reports, the animals (and presumably fish) are thriving in the Chernobyl area because radiation is less harmful to them than humans.
ya know, if no fishing is allowed… fish will get big.
So … I guess there’ll be no glow-in-the-dark caviar!
It’s nothing abnormal in this fish! It’s Silurus glanis and it’s possible lenght in, 4eg., Poland, Ukraine and Belarus is up to 5m. As well as it’s weight is up to 300kg. Scuba divers in some schools in there parts are tought to never to disturb this fish’s nest - otherwise it could become aggresive. There was a loud event around AD2000, when some scuba moron fired a harpoon into wels catfish and he barely survived. The fish caught him with jaws in his hip area and started to shaking him like a rag doll. The result was the guy’s skin and flesh removed to the naked bone. He also almost drowned, as the scuba gear fell off. His mates helped him in a very last moment.
3-4 meters… LMAO. Come on why do you always have to say bullsh!ts in your “descriptions”?!
Psh.
Just catfish. Catfish get that big if left alone. I personally have caught some over a 3′ long (~1 meter). I would guess that since everyone’s left he area, the fish are no longer being fished, so they are having a chance to grow big.
And as for radiation from the mud? Radiation does not travel much in water, so I’d guess that it’s not an issue, unless there’s a lot of radioactive matter stirred up for them to swallow. And that would most likely just cause them to have cancer.
Tom: There was lots of radiating dust/debris flying around at the time, maybe he meant that such shit has piled up in the riverbed? Dunno.
Anyway I’m looking forward to see some fishing safaries at the area! I mean, it would be a fucking bad idea to eat one of those fish, but you could always fish for the fun of it. The chances of getting fish would be about 110% as there’s a LOT of fish that hasn’t been fished in 20+ years.
WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!
Chernobyl is not in RUSSIA!!! It is in Ukraine and this is a big diference!!!
The sizes of those fishes are normal…There are no fishermans so they can grow to big sizes…And turists feed them so it is NORMAL!!!
RUBBISH video!!!!
Come on, it’s nothing more than just an old good catfish… yes, they’re really huge, up to 3 meters and more.
It’s plenty of them in the rivers of Russia.
Project shelter is my father’s project. He’s in slavutich working on it from the PNNL side. I was born in Pripyat’ and go to CHNPP and Pripyat’ every other year since I have access to this place through my dad. FISHING IS NOT ALLOWED, as what you’re seeing is the cooling pool for the reactor. Who in their right mind would fish in a cooling tank???? I have a bunch of photos and videos of the fishes as well. It’s catfish and the stories about the diver losing his hand are bogus to tell you the truch. There have been incidents of catfish attacks, but mostly in the Baltic regions, not in this small cement-bottom cooling pool, trust me
Cool.
Can I go with you next year?
I was there 3 years ago. The catfish grow to that size because of people feeding them and the lack of predators. It has nothing to do with radiation, though contamination levels may indeed be high in the cooling pond.
Just to point out, when it comes to shielding things from radiation, water does an excellent job.
We even have varieties of catfish this big in the states.. It’s really no big deal. Verry common to see this around dams where people arent allowed to fish.
Its cat fish! They get that big on a normal scale, they get even bigger. Radiation has nothing to do with this. Infact it would kill them.
Yea, these look like typical European catfish. Its flesh is considered a delicacy and I am pretty sure that fishing and pollution drove this fish into near extinction in most rivers during the Soviet times. But now that no one lives or fishes in Chernobyl, these fish had an opportunity to become numerous again.
“It’s catfish and the stories about the diver losing his hand are bogus to tell you the truth.”
It would be a neat trick to see a catfish, which doesn’t have teeth, bite someone’s hand off.
Or maybe one of those algae eating carp in the background has an extra powerful sucker?
That was really strange…
dinono.com
Stupid fucking Russians…
Catfish, if left alone, will grow to that size no matter what.
In Texas, there are the same fish at Balmorrhea.
I think they are wonderfull.
Thats just an european /asian catfish… in hungary they become up to 8 meters.. depending on water temperature and feed…
about time that radioactive ruine will be enclosed in a tomb. that unbelievable european stupidity NOT to pay IMMEDIATELY is a shame!
This construction must be finalized at this time.
There is nothing special in this..
These are regular catfishes..The only strange thing is that they can be seen very well. Usually they wait hidden in the mud.
Adam says:
July 20, 2009 at 8:45 am
Thats just an european /asian catfish… in hungary they become up to 8 meters.. depending on water temperature and feed…
Urban legend: the biggest (registred) one which was caught in Hungary was 112 kg, 227 cm
There were some longer (1-2 centimeters) ones but this is still the biggest one because of its weight.
use google or wiki for getting information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfish
have a fun
been looking at previous comments ..do not understand a lot of them great blog you got me
In Sweden we use them as portable food, riding them
Five at a time.
Sh*, American catfish, phew …
Start fixing those saddles Chernobyl. Perhaps we could race in some years?
European Catfish, get together, join the race.