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Bikini Atoll Animal Tests

Unhappy Monkeys

Unhappy Monkeys

Monkeys that survived the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests are tested at the National Institute of Health a year later. The primary purpose of the tests was to see how nuclear blasts affected naval ships.

Photo: Fritz Goro./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Dec 24, 1947
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