Our planet has a wide variety of giant lakes, and some of these waters are safer than others.
A number of earths lakes are extremely dangerous due to temperature, toxic gases, and pollution, but other lakes are deadly for a totally different reason.
Instead of focusing on lakes that are deadly because of toxic or temperature related factors, I'll be focusing on lakes that are deadly because of the wildlife that inhabits them.
Some of the world's deadliest predators can be found in freshwater and saltwater lakes, and i'll be going through just some of them today.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Lake Okeechobee
2:28 Tonlé Sap
4:19 Lake Nicaragua
6:53 Mystery Electric Eel Lake
8:31 Tin Lakes Of Bangka Island
10:53 Padam Talao
12:34 Lake Victoria
Attributions:
American alligator images:
judygva
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Alligator_-_Alligator_mississippiensis,_Everglades_National_Park,_Homestead,_Florida_-_32219665545.jpg
CC BY 2.0
Burmese python images:
Rushen
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Python_bivittatus,_Burmese_python_-_Kaeng_Krachan_District,_Phetchaburi_(30275268141).jpg
CC BY-SA 2.0
Tonle Sap images:
Deror_avi
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambodia,_Tonle_Sap_IMG_3324.JPG
CC BY-SA 3.0
Siamese crocodile images:
helmi099
https://www.flickr.com/photos/helmi099/
CC BY-SA 2.0
Bernard DUPONT
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siamese_Crocodile_%28Crocodylus_siamensis%29_%287816020762%29.jpg
CC BY-SA 2.0
Siamese crocodile range map:
Achim Raschka and Textbook Travel
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_range_of_the_Siamese_crocodile.png
CC BY-SA 3.0
Sawfish images:
Simon Fraser University - Communications & Marketing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfupamr/
CC BY 2.0
American crocodile images:
Tomascastelazo
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodylus_acutus_in_la_manzanilla_2.jpg
CC BY-SA 3.0
Saltwater crocodile images:
Matt
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saltwater_Crocodile_%28Crocodylus_porosus%29_%288851846180%29.jpg
CC BY 2.0
Bangka island images:
MaRo-Visions
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_Panorama_of_Pulau_Bangka_in_North_Sulawesi_Indonesia.jpg
CC BY-SA 4.0
Mugger crocodile images:
Charles J. Sharp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugger_crocodile#/media/File:Mugger_crocodile_(Crocodylus_palustris)_Gal_Oya.jpg
CC BY-SA 4.0
Narayanan Sivasailam
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mugger_Crocodile_-_Mugshot.jpg
CC BY-SA 4.0
Indian python images:
Jay Eisenberg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rippleman/
CC BY-SA 2.0
I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/
Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_alligator_attacks_in_the_United_States
https://www.scubadivingflamingo.com/blog/lake-nicaragua-sharks/#:~:text=In%20centuries%20past%2C%20the%20lake,place%20millions%20of%20years%20ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_shark#:~:text=Larger%2Dsized%20bull%20sharks%20are,to%20survive%20in%20freshwater%20habitats.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210114163927.htm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67004770
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile_attack