You will get an idea of how strange our world is only when you know completely about the strange things of this world. Different types of animals, rivers, mountains, deserts, forests etc. are present in the world. Everyone has been given such characteristics by nature with a different look and color which makes them different from others. Today we are going to tell you about one such strange lake (Weird lake Africa). This lake is red like blood and the creatures that go into it become ‘stone’!
According to the report of the Daily Star News website, there is a pond in Tanzania lake turn animals into stone. It is red in appearance and people find it very beautiful, but when people come to know about a big secret related to it, their senses fly away. We are talking about Lake Natron (Lake Natron, Tanzania). It is similar to a common pond in appearance, but its color is red like blood, but it has a peculiar feature which makes it deadly.
The pH level of the pond is very high. (Photo: Canva)
pH level is high!
The pH level of this pond is 10.5 i.e. Alkaline water in it. Whoever does not know about this water, if he goes inside it even by mistake, then his skin and eyes start to burn. The pH level of this pond is due to the sodium carbonate and other minerals that flow into it from the nearby hills. Let us tell you that there was a time when sodium carbonate was used by the Egyptians to make mummies. Its natural preservatives are also called.
How do animals become stones?
When an animal dies in this pond, its calcification starts, that is, calcium salts start freezing on the tissues of its body. Due to this his body gets preserved and looking at him it seems as if the body has become of stone. There is severe heat in this area and the pond is also red due to which it looks even more dangerous.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : March 22, 2023, 17:03 IST