A lake in Tanzania kills animals instantly

The reservoir is located in the north of Tanzania, near the border with Kenya. Only flamingos can be placed here.

In Tanzania, there is Lake Natron, which instantly turns animals that touch it to stone. The Daily Mail writes about it.

The body of water has bacteria that give it its blood red color and is one of the few organisms that can withstand an average temperature of 26°C, lethal concentrations of salt and alkalinity.

According to ecologist David Harper of the University of Leicester, bodies that fall into the water decompose quickly, while those that fall to the side are covered in salt.

Scientists believe that the nearby volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, which alone emits natrocarbonatites, is the cause of this phenomenon. They enter the lake through stream channels.

“Suddenly I saw creatures – all kinds of birds and bats – washed up on the shores of Lake Natron. No one knows how they die, but … the water has a very high content of soda and salt, very high it. would remove the ink from my Kodak films in seconds,” says photographer Nick Brandt in his book Through the wasteland.

In addition, in 2016, geologists discovered more than 400 human footprints on a mud flat on the coast of Natron.

“Immediately after the footprints were pressed into the wet mud and ash, the wet deposits dried and hardened,” said Appalachian State University geologist Dr. Cynthia Luitkious-Pierce.

It was observed that only flamingos that feed on cynobacteria flock to Natron to mate.

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