10種能夠在覈戰爭中倖存的物種(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.
新聞快報：恐怖的核戰爭要來了！它伴隨着大量的死亡與毀滅性的破壞。如果我們都同意和平相處，不使用核武器，那一切就萬事大吉。But if it were to happen, and the earth became irradiated and frozen in a nuclear winter, what would happen to life?
但是如果它真的發生了，地球將飽受輻射，凜冬降臨大地，那生命最終將走向何處？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…
是否一切歸於塵土，還是就如我們一直所說的那樣，蟑螂將佔領地球？幸運的是，還真有那麼幾種物種能夠存活下來。列舉如下：
Amoeba
10.變形蟲
Arguably the simplest form of life, and possible the basis of all further life, the amoeba would surely survive.
毫無疑問，變形蟲是世界上最簡單的生命形態，也極有可能是所有生命的基礎，而它將在覈戰爭中存活下來。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.
變形蟲能夠捲起它們的保護層，進入一種休眠的囊狀形態，並可以無限期地保持。Amoeba are found throughout the world in huge numbers and are extremely small so it is highly likely that they will survive.
變形蟲廣泛地存在於世界各地，體積非常小，所以它極有可能能夠在覈戰爭中活下來。They're resistant to radiation, and being a single cell organism, they don't have issues with mutations when multiplying.
它們能夠抵抗輻射，並且作爲單細胞有機體，在繁殖的時候也不用擔心突變的可能性。They can reproduce on their own very quickly, which isn't much fun for them but pretty much guarantees their survival.
變形蟲能夠迅速地自我繁殖，雖然這對它們來說並不是一件很愉快的事情，但這保證了它們存活的可能性。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.
能夠在覈戰爭中存活下來的物種中，蟑螂可能是最出名的一個，它能夠抵抗中等程度的輻射，並且有人認爲它們能夠在距離廣島核爆事件一千英尺的地方存活下來。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，現代武器會比廣島核爆中的核導彈威力巨大得多，所以能夠在現在的核戰爭中存活下來的蟑螂數目會更少。根據流浪終結者，實驗中10%的蟑螂能夠在放射量達到10000拉德的環境下存活下來。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"的廣島核爆也只放射出約10000拉德的輻射，所以只有離爆炸中心足夠遠的蟑螂能夠存活下來。In contrast, a human exposed to 10,000 rads would suffer an instantaneous coma and, pretty rapidly, death.
然而，人類一旦暴露在10000拉德的輻射之下，會立即昏迷並迅速死亡。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.
之所以蟑螂能夠存活下來，是因爲它們緩慢的生長速度——它們的細胞每48小時才繁殖一次，所以它們突變的機率小很多。Scorpion
8.蠍子
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.
雖然尚未被證實，但蠍子有可能在覈輻射環境中存活。任何見被抓住的蠍子的人都知道，它們並不爲紫外線所傷，並且能在黑暗中發光。Scorpions are not only able to survive UV radiation though, they could likely could likely survive nuclear radiation as well.
蠍子不僅僅能夠抵禦紫外線，還能在覈輻射中繼續存活。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.
它們出現在除了南極洲以外的任何一塊大陸上，甚至能在被冰凍之後重獲生命。這也許能夠幫助他們在覈戰凜冬中生存。They are often found in burrows are crevasses, which offers some physical protection from radiation and fallout and increases their survival odds even further.
它們大多生存於洞穴、石縫中，這樣的生活習慣能夠幫助抵禦輻射以及放射性塵埃，進一步增加它們的生存比率。Scorpions are very resistant and are relatively unchanged throughout their evolution due to their already perfect form.
蠍子抵抗力強，並且突變相對較少，因爲它們的生命形態已相對完美了。
