This unique property of water protects the aquatic life in a lake because this unique property prevents the lower layer of water to become solid.
If this property does not exists in water then in very low temperature all the water will turn to solid and all the aquatic animals present in the deep layer of water will die so we can conclude that this property of water protects the aquatic life in a lake due to prevent the water to change into solid.
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