Camargue flamingos starved in freezing conditions in 1985 and 2012 mass mortalities

[PhysOrg]

1985 was one of the worst years in living memory for the flamingo population of the Camargue, France. Over a 15 day period in January, temperatures plummeted, the lagoons, ponds and salt pans where the birds feed froze and by the time the Arctic blast had loosened its grip, almost one third of the population was dead.

 

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