India, June 22 -- Reports of a dead duckling found floating in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Sunday have drawn attention on social media. The images surfaced days after National Park Service workers were seen adding hydrogen peroxide to the water to treat an algae bloom.

Rob Crilly, a political journalist who previously covered the White House for the Washington Examiner, shared two photos of the dead duck on X, showing it floating against the walls of the pool with its eye still open.

Crilly said he had spoken to an expert who told him the pool "could have signs of cyanobacteria."

TMZ and other outlets reported the sighting. Cyanobacteria is typically harmless in small amounts but can produce toxins during rapid blooms that ...