Terrifying Lake Turns Birds Into Statues

Eindrucksvolle Bilder von toten Vögel.

Terrifying Lake Turns Birds Into Statues

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A post by Jesse Fernandez. Lake Natron is an insidious ​trap for the birds of northern Tanzania: The terrifying lake turns to stone all birds that are foolish enough to immerse themselves or unlucky enough to fall into its deceptive water.Volcanic ash from the nearby Great Rift Valley contaminated Lake Natron with sodium carbonate and baking soda to the point that only extremophile fish like the alkaline tilapia can survive there, while other ani…