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A seagull is seen at the basin of Lake Van as seagull deaths increase due to food shortage and extreme heat in the closed basin formed by the streams pouring their waters into Lake Van in Van, Turkiye on July 19, 2022. Some of the seagulls, which determined the islands of Adir, Carpanak, Akdamar and Kuzu as their habitat, perished in the basin of Lake Van that hosts many bird species. The officials from the 14th Regional Directorate of Turkish Nature Conservation and National Parks conducting research in the regions continue their investigations on the shores of Lake Van, as they took samples from the birds and sent them to the laboratory. It is assumed that the seagulls died due to the extreme heat and food shortage caused by the end of the pearl mullet migration between April 15 and July 15. (Photo by Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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