10种能够在核战争中幸存的物种(上)
News flash: nuclear war would be very bad. What with the mass death and destruction, it would be better if we all just decided to get along rather than resorting to launching nukes at each other.
新闻快报：恐怖的核战争要来了！它伴随着大量的死亡与毁灭性的破坏。如果我们都同意和平相处，不使用核武器，那一切就万事大吉。But if it were to happen, and the earth became irradiated and frozen in a nuclear winter, what would happen to life?
但是如果它真的发生了，地球将饱受辐射，凛冬降临大地，那生命最终将走向何处？Would everything die, or would cockroaches rise up and populate the world as the internet would have us believe? Happily, there are quite a few forms of life that would survive. Such as…
是否一切归于尘土，还是就如我们一直所说的那样，蟑螂将占领地球？幸运的是，还真有那么几种物种能够存活下来。列举如下：
Amoeba
10.变形虫
Arguably the simplest form of life, and possible the basis of all further life, the amoeba would surely survive.
毫无疑问，变形虫是世界上最简单的生命形态，也极有可能是所有生命的基础，而它将在核战争中存活下来。Amoeba have the ability to go into a dormant, cyst state, where they curl up in a protective layer and are able to remain like that indefinitely.
变形虫能够卷起它们的保护层，进入一种休眠的囊状形态，并可以无限期地保持。Amoeba are found throughout the world in huge numbers and are extremely small so it is highly likely that they will survive.
变形虫广泛地存在于世界各地，体积非常小，所以它极有可能能够在核战争中活下来。They're resistant to radiation, and being a single cell organism, they don't have issues with mutations when multiplying.
它们能够抵抗辐射，并且作为单细胞有机体，在繁殖的时候也不用担心突变的可能性。They can reproduce on their own very quickly, which isn't much fun for them but pretty much guarantees their survival.
变形虫能够迅速地自我繁殖，虽然这对它们来说并不是一件很愉快的事情，但这保证了它们存活的可能性。Cockroach
9.蟑螂
Probably the most well known of all the animals to potentially survive a nuclear war, the cockroach is capable of withstanding moderate amounts of radiation and is thought to have been able to survive around 1,000 feet away from where the Hiroshima bomb detonated.
能够在核战争中存活下来的物种中，蟑螂可能是最出名的一个，它能够抵抗中等程度的辐射，并且有人认为它们能够在距离广岛核爆事件一千英尺的地方存活下来。However, modern weapons are vastly more powerful than the relatively small Hiroshima bomb, so fewer cockroaches would survive today's nukes. According to Mythbusters, 10% of cockroaches in their test survived a radiation level of 10,000 rads.
然而，现代武器会比广岛核爆中的核导弹威力巨大得多，所以能够在现在的核战争中存活下来的蟑螂数目会更少。根据流浪终结者，实验中10%的蟑螂能够在放射量达到10000拉德的环境下存活下来。The "small" Hiroshima bomb gave off around 10,000 rads, so it is possible that cockroaches can survive but only if they were sufficiently far from the epicenter of the radiation.
"威力甚小"的广岛核爆也只放射出约10000拉德的辐射，所以只有离爆炸中心足够远的蟑螂能够存活下来。In contrast, a human exposed to 10,000 rads would suffer an instantaneous coma and, pretty rapidly, death.
然而，人类一旦暴露在10000拉德的辐射之下，会立即昏迷并迅速死亡。The cockroach's ability to survive is due to their slow growth rate. Their cells only reproduce every 48 hours and so the risk of mutation is lowered.
之所以蟑螂能够存活下来，是因为它们缓慢的生长速度——它们的细胞每48小时才繁殖一次，所以它们突变的几率小很多。Scorpion
8.蝎子
While not guaranteed, scorpions are likely to survive. As anyone who has seen them in captivity knows, they are not harmed by ultraviolet radiation and do in fact, glow in the dark.
虽然尚未被证实，但蝎子有可能在核辐射环境中存活。任何见被抓住的蝎子的人都知道，它们并不为紫外线所伤，并且能在黑暗中发光。Scorpions are not only able to survive UV radiation though, they could likely could likely survive nuclear radiation as well.
蝎子不仅仅能够抵御紫外线，还能在核辐射中继续存活。They are also found in every continent other than Antarctica and can even be frozen and brought back to life. This may help them survive a frozen nuclear winter.
它们出现在除了南极洲以外的任何一块大陆上，甚至能在被冰冻之后重获生命。这也许能够帮助他们在核战凛冬中生存。They are often found in burrows are crevasses, which offers some physical protection from radiation and fallout and increases their survival odds even further.
它们大多生存于洞穴、石缝中，这样的生活习惯能够帮助抵御辐射以及放射性尘埃，进一步增加它们的生存比率。Scorpions are very resistant and are relatively unchanged throughout their evolution due to their already perfect form.
蝎子抵抗力强，并且突变相对较少，因为它们的生命形态已相对完美了。
