Is that fruit fly glowing?

Believe it or not, but the fruit fly beats the cockroach hands down (or is it six legs down?) when it comes to surviving a nuclear disaster.

While cockroaches have long enjoyed the reputation of being able to survive anything, even an atomic bomb explosion, they’re not as tough and radiation-resistant as the common fruit fly. In fact, studies have found that fruit flies can probably survive 10 times as much radiation as cockroaches.

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