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user-inactivated  ·  3745 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Stalkers

    Many stalkers swoon over a kind of natural setting they’ve never seen before. The mass exodus of humans after the accident has been a boon to many species, and the Zone has become an unlikely animal refuge. Scientists have discovered mutations in species, but to put it in crude terms, the upside of the absence of humans has far outweighed the downside of radiation for some creatures.