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Lake that turns animals into stones, watch pics of Tanzania's Lake Natron

New Delhi: There's a deceptively still body of water in Tanzania with a deadly secret - it turns any animal it touches to stone.  The rare phenomenon is caused by the chemical makeup of the

PTI Updated on: October 07, 2013 6:00 IST


A bat seems Halloween-ready in a 2012 portrait taken by Brandt. Lake Natron is named for the mineral natron, or hydrated sodium carbonate, which was used in the making of mummies in ancient Egypt.









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