Their semi-nomadic lifestyle accustoms them to walking long distances under the burning sun of the African savannah.
What we didn’t know back then: You can entirely rely on Masai people with anything BUT their definition of “nearby.” Nonetheless, flamingos are still at high risk staying amidst Lake Natron’s fatal waters.Massai and Papakinye proposed to visit the “nearby” waterfalls along the Ngare Sero river. They only come around seasonally, when salt sediments accumulate all over the lake creating islands on which the birds can safely nest. These pink flamingos live on the abundant supply of cyanobacteria, and the lake’s isolated location and toxicity to predators make it the perfect place for them to build their nests. However, this deadly lake is the only place in Eastern Africa where three quarters of the world’s Lesser Flamingo population breeds. The only creatures that survive in its depths are the alkaline tilapia (Alcolapia latilabris) and cyanobacteria (Spirulina), which gives its pinkish red pigmentation. The volcanic sediments in the lake originate from the nearby Great Rift Valley, and water temperature reaches up to 60 degrees Celsius. With an alkalinity between pH 9 and pH 10, the waters of Lake Natron is highly corrosive. The calcified stone corpses of its victims washed out by the lakefront are a horrific thing to behold. Its lethal waters are only 3 meters deep, but it’s capable of eating out the life of any warm-blooded thing that immerses itself in its depths.
No right-minded animal would dare step into Lake Natron of Tanzania.
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