Russian authorities were investigating whether 141 Baikal earless seals starved to death after their carcasses washed up in Siberia on the shores of the world’s deepest lake, officials said Friday.
In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, the body of dead Baikal earless seal, or nerpa, is seen in Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia. Russian authorities were investigating whether 141 Baikal earless seals starved to death after their carcasses washed up in Siberia on the shoreline of the world's deepest lake, officials said Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Oleg Machullskiy)
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