Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant is in danger of causing another disaster for an already beleaguered nation. After watching the video of the explosion of the building housing the nuclear reactor this morning, I conferenced with my expert colleage on how this new developement may change our collective reasoning on the situation. We surmised that the recent happenings in Japan may, in fact, be just the beginning of a series of circumstances leading to even greater disaster than we originally anticipated.
Given our limited knowledge of the seemingly limitless abyss of the deepest sees, there is no arguing that there are most certainly see creatures that have escaped our curious exploration of the earth's seas. With this giant gap in our knowledge of unexplored and unfathomably large volumes of water there is an opening for the possibility of equally unfathomably large sea creatures. The recent record breaking seismic shifting of the earths tectonic plates off the coast of Japan, or the 8.9 earthquake as we call it, may have had an, as of yet, unforeseen consequence of even larger devastation. I postulate that an extremely large sea creature, likely prehistoric, resembling most closely an american alligator, with the swimming ability of shark, and possessing the curiosity, wit, and sunny disposition of a bottle nosed dolphin, may have been awoken from a slumber, released from an underwater chasm, forced to come to the surface, and/or come on land due rapid current shifts.
At this point of the story there would minimal danger. Although carnivorous, this creature would likely only be accustomed to eating giant squid and other large sea creatures, thus, not viewing humans as a food source or a threat. However, the release of radioactive gases and/or materials could be devastating in this situation. Should this large sea creature, now landed by the earthquakes force, come into contact with the radiation being emitted it would likely suffer from radiation poisoning similarly to humans. Not having the good sense of a human to avoid the area of the troubled reactor, it may, in fact, be drawn to the heat that it emanates as the nuclear reactions occur. I reject the sci-fi idea that exposure to radiation will cause animals to mutate instantly into more evolved creatures of destructive force. Rather, I would suppose that the giant alligator like creature would go to the heat source and wait to feel better. If at this time the reactor explodes, the creature would be thrown from the area with great force, but survive because of it's prehistoric armor like exterior. Now angered, and with a headache and disorientation from the radiation sickness, this animal would likely lash out at all around it, and stumble through cities and buildings leaving a wake of destruction in his path.
Basically, Japan is in danger of a full scale Godzilla attack if just a few completely reasonable circumstances should unfold.
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