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[narrator] All the wildlife
left behind in Fukushima's
nuclear exclusion zone

-is revealing extraordinary
levels of resilience.
-All right.

[narrator] Professor
Tim Mousseau is just
starting to uncover

the true scale
of this bizarre new Eden.

We actually started
this project here
in Fukushima,

uh, about three years ago.

Um, we put out traps
at about 50 different
locations

and they've been running
and we've accumulated

many hundreds of thousands
of images [laughs]

of different kinds of animals,
animals over these past
few years.

And we're now just starting
to really come to some
appreciation

of where the animals
are preferring to live

and how these populations
are growing over time.

[narrator] Tim's cameras
are revealing
the successful antics

of many of Fukushima's
animal survivors.

From mice and boars
to civets and even raccoons.

And there are also
a few surprises.

A black bear.

And an animal
that was rare
even before the disaster.

The Japanese serow.

But one animal
remains a mystery.

The Japanese macaque.

Our closest relative
and the only primate

that has ever been found
living with such high
radiation levels.

And we still don't know how.

It could be simply that,
like humans,

they are naturally more
resistant to radiation
than other animals.

[Mousseau] Humans
are, I think, pretty good

at repairing DNA damage
in general.

And that's one of the reasons
we can live so long, in fact.

Uh, because most of the damage
that occurs is repaired.

[narrator] But with such
long lifespans,

only time will reveal
the full effects.

Individuals could succumb
to cancer and old age.

But one thing is clear.

With so many macaques
still successfully
reproducing,

their population looks
prepared to outlive
this disaster too.

Perhaps in the future,
they will reveal the secrets

of how humans
could become nuclear
super survivors.

All over Fukushima,

sunflowers are emerging.

Planted by residents
returning to their homes.

These beautiful flowers
soak up harmful radiation
from the ground

where it's highest
and stop it from entering
the food chain.

Just like the boars,
safely storing
the radiation away.

In this brave new world,
it's our turn to find ways
of adapting to the aftermath.

And perhaps the biggest
challenge of all

is not the radiation
but the wildlife that
has flourished

in the absence of humans.

[Hart] So this is
an abandoned town.

And what's happened
is we've moved out
and the wildlife's moved in.

Wild boar are using
back gardens to forage.

The monkeys,
the Japanese macaques
are actually using

these buildings for shelter.

And they're using the roofs
as look out posts.

Basically with us gone,

they're now the dominant,
intelligent primate
on the ground.

It's not us anymore.

And they're absolutely
thriving in what used
to be our habitat.

[narrator] Possibly
the most fascinating lessons
to learn here

are not the ones
of nuclear fallout,

but our relationship
with the natural world.

This whole system
will become a really
important model

for this kind of study
and provide information
of general interest

way beyond just that, uh,
related to radiation effects.

[narrator] Ten years
after a disaster that shook
the world,

and created a toxic battle
against radiation damage,

Fukushima is now facing
a new challenge.

One between man and beast.

This unique nuclear landscape
continues to be gripped

by a bizarre paradox
between life and death.