![]() Live Science describes the dead animals as having “chalky sodium carbonate deposits outlining their bodies. “A calcified flamingo, preserved by the highly basic waters of Tanzania’s Lake Natron and photographed by Nick Brandt,” reads National Geographic’s caption of one of the photos included in the Facebook post. The photographs included in the post were taken by photographer Nick Brandt in 2013, who collected the animal carcasses around the lake’s shoreline and posed them for the pictures, the outlet reported. Next to him is the Ol Doinyo Lengai stratovo. ![]() ![]() The dead animals in the photos were not instantly turned to stone by the lake, but rather became calcified due to the characteristics of the lake, according to National Geographic. Lake Natron is a salt lake located in endorheic African Great Rift Valley in Tanzania, on the border with Kenya. “Any animal which touches the lake turns into stone.” (RELATED: Does This Image Show A Heart-Shaped Pond In Zimbabwe?) Lake Natron is such an attractive mating site for flamingos because the water stays low enough to prevent nest flooding but remains high enough that there’s a barrier between predators and the. “Natron Lake in Tanzania is the most (sic) deadliest place for animals,” reads text included in the image. Lake Natron is a real lake in the East African country of Tanzania. Any animal which enters the lake turns into stone-like structure. Natron lake in Tanzania is the most deadliest place for animals, the text reads. The image shows what appears to be the petrified remains of two birds sitting on a body of water. A graphic doing the rounds on Facebook shows three eerie photos of grey, sculpture-like animals a bat and two birds. An image shared on Facebook claims it turns any animal that touches it to stone. A 'calcified' swallow sings in stony silence along northern Tanzania s Lake Natron (map), which contains so much soda and salt that it would 'strip the ink of my Kodak film boxes in a few seconds. Lake Natron in Tanzania is a saltwater lake with a pH of 10.5 (nearly as high as that of ammonia) and temperatures up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
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