Radiotrophic Fungi are fungi from Chernobyl that adapted to utilize melanin to “eat” gamma radiation. That’s pretty fucking cool if you ask me (you didn’t.)

There are a lot of other animal species in the irradiated exclusion zone that have adapted huge amounts of melanin via hyperpigmentation to shield themselves from radiation- seems to be a common biological theme.

Reminds me of my theory about negroids becoming mutated/devolved humans after some type of ancient nuclear incident. Africa IS home to the only known ”natural nuclear reactor.” Maybe it wasn’t actually created by nature. Libyan Desert Glass is interesting, too.