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Vans waters are rich in sodium carbonate and other salts which are extracted by evaporation and used as detergents. Darekh, a species of herring caught during the spring floods, spawns near the mouths of streams feeding the lake and is the only fish that can survive in the brackish waters.
Originally posted by Jeremiah25
Would it even be possible for an aquatic animal of any significant size to live in Lake Van? I ask this because the lake itself is a highly saline lake, with very large concentrations of sodium carbonate and other salts which are extracted from the lake to make detergents. You can even wash your clothes in the lake and effectively clean them without detergents as a result (Reference).
From Wikipedia's article on Lake Van:
Vans waters are rich in sodium carbonate and other salts which are extracted by evaporation and used as detergents. Darekh, a species of herring caught during the spring floods, spawns near the mouths of streams feeding the lake and is the only fish that can survive in the brackish waters.
One absence I found disappointing, considering the recent publication date of the book, was some discussion of the Lake Van monster of Turkey, which has gotten significant media coverage in recent years. I could only find reference to Lake Van in the appendix.
A parliamentary commission has agreed to send a search party designed to unveil Turkey's version of the Loch Ness Monster, after the provincial deputy governor claimed to have seen it."
the earliest reported encounters with the creature come from as late as 1995! That having been stated, there are some persistent rumors regarding an ancient engraving - discovered in a small church on one of Lake Van's four islands - which is said to accurately depict the features of the animal in the lake.
The scientific establishments of Turkey, much like the eyewitnesses, are at a loss to explain the identity or origin of the animal. Biology professor at Ataturk University in Erzurum, Orhan Erman, claimed that there is nothing that even remotely resembles "Vanna", capable of living in the lake:
"It is simply not possible for a creature of the size claimed by witnesses to live in a closed lake like Van."
...their images to be scrutinized by the members of the marine biology faculty of the prestigious Cambridge University, as well as the renowned oceanographer Jacques Cousteau...
Originally posted by PhenerLee
Well if you have any questions for me , i would be glad to answer..