Ergo, the Ogre

Welcome to the daily Three Things Challenge.
Use your imagination and creativity using one, two or all three words that may or may not be related. There are no restrictions regarding length, style, or genre, though please keep it family friendly.

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Your three words today are:
ACTIVE
AFTER
ANIMAL

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It happened after the Zombie Apocalypse, after we managed to vanquish the zombies with hopes that things might go back to normal.

Boy, were we wrong!

Nobody considered the animals and how the radiation from melting nuclear plants might affect them. While wearing the special masks were easy and made perfect sense to humans, animals had no intention of allowing such contraptions to be put over their faces. Imagine trying to place a gas mask-type thing on a polar bear, a gorilla, or a giraffe. Even cats and most dogs wouldn’t cooperate.

So, the animals, and insects as well, suffered the effects of radioactivity. This meant when animals and insects procreated, their offspring were born with genetic mutations, brain damage, cancer and physical deformities.

Snakes grew legs, bees didn’t buzz, nor did they pollinate anything. They did, however, eat their own honey. Monkeys no longer ate bananas but rather used them as ammunition in the Great Banana War of 2030. And the armadillos! They lost their hard shells but could run like jaguars. Birds no longer ate worms but kept them as pets. Instead, they ate vegetables and fruit which threw a monkey wrench into the farming industry.

Speaking of farming, cows squirted out Dr. Pepper instead of milk. This caused their calves to be extra gassy which more than doubled the methane output. And what an obnoxious odor! Plus, chickens laid scrambled eggs and corn no longer had ears.

Oh, what an ugly chapter in world history! See below.