Cold winter in the U.S. provoked the extinction of ducks

Record cold that swept North America this winter, has led to tragic consequences. A large population of ducks and other waterfowl living in the Great Lakes region, and lake Michigan in Chicago, is on the verge of starvation, reports the Huffington Post.
Biologists from the new York Department of conservation report that was found on the banks of water bodies the bodies of the birds weighed less than half the norm, and their stomachs had nothing. In the basin of the river Niagara from lake Erie to lake Ontario, it was discovered tens of thousands of dead birds. Two days of Museum employee Josh Angel from Chicago found three dozen duck corpses. According to him, if you spend a few hours at the lake, it is possible to observe the process of extinction.



Usually birds safely survive the cold winters of this region, but this year froze more than 90% of the lake surface. A record area of ice – the last time the Great Lakes were frozen 35 years ago – the ducks deprived of the ability to eat normally.

Source: energysafe.ru