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Bananas, like most organic material, naturally contain a certain amount of radioactive isotopes.
The major natural source of radioactivity in plant tissue is potassium, which in nature contains 0.0117% of the unstable isotope potassium-40 (40K). A typical banana contains about half a gram of potassium.
The radioactivity from a truckload of bananas is capable of causing a false alarm when passed through a Radiation Portal Monitor used to detect possible smuggling of nuclear material.
Some fish are cabable of detecting weak electrical signals using the electrosensory system.The visual system, The auditory system, The olfactory system, The mechanosensory lateral line system, The taste system, make up the six known sensory systems of fish.
It is believed that fish can detect and seek out the amino acids present in a bait using the olfactory system but how do they detect other nutrients such as minerals, if at all?
If humans with only five senses can detect the microwave auditory effect induced by pulsed/modulated microwave frequencies, is it inconceivable that fish may detect radioactivity emitted from a banana?
Discuss.
The major natural source of radioactivity in plant tissue is potassium, which in nature contains 0.0117% of the unstable isotope potassium-40 (40K). A typical banana contains about half a gram of potassium.
The radioactivity from a truckload of bananas is capable of causing a false alarm when passed through a Radiation Portal Monitor used to detect possible smuggling of nuclear material.
Some fish are cabable of detecting weak electrical signals using the electrosensory system.The visual system, The auditory system, The olfactory system, The mechanosensory lateral line system, The taste system, make up the six known sensory systems of fish.
It is believed that fish can detect and seek out the amino acids present in a bait using the olfactory system but how do they detect other nutrients such as minerals, if at all?
If humans with only five senses can detect the microwave auditory effect induced by pulsed/modulated microwave frequencies, is it inconceivable that fish may detect radioactivity emitted from a banana?
Discuss.