Life is about giving - Don't be like the Dead Sea
As you probably recall, the Dead Sea is really a Lake, not a sea. It’s so high in salt content that the human body can float easily in it. The salt in the Dead Sea is as high as 35% - almost 10 times that of normal ocean water. And all that saltiness has meant that there is no life at all in the Dead Sea. No fish. No vegetation. No mammal. In fact, nothing lives in the Dead Sea. And hence the name: Dead Sea. The other sea is the Sea of Galilee. It happens that the Sea of Galilee is just north of the Dead Sea. Both the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea receive their water from River Jordan. And yet, they are very, very different. Unlike the Dead Sea, the Sea of Galilee is pretty, rich and resplendent with colourful marine life, plants and fish. So, the Sea of Galilee is home to well over twenty different types of fish. Same region, same source of water, and yet while one sea is full of life, the other is dead. How come? Here’s apparently why. The River Jordan flows into t...