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Freeze-dried carcass of a Weddell Seal found beside Lake Chad in Taylor Valley, some 20 km from the coast. Scientists don't know why the seals wriggle up the Dry Valleys to die, but presume it's caused by mental illness, as there is no food or way for them to survive there. The dry climate preserves the carcasses for thousands of years, and they are eventually sand-blasted apart by katabatic winds.

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Freeze-dried carcass of a Weddell Seal found beside Lake Chad in Taylor Valley, some 20 km from the coast. Scientists don't know why the seals wriggle up the Dry Valleys to die, but presume it's caused by mental illness, as there is no food or way for them to survive there. The dry climate preserves the carcasses for thousands of years, and they are eventually sand-blasted apart by katabatic winds.

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