Jellyfish Lake.

Posted by Anita in Video Clips on May 20, 2007 at 8:54 pm


Jellyfish Lake, on the island nation of Palau, was once connected to the ocean through an underwater tunnel. At some point the tunnel closed off, trapping jellyfish in the saltwater lake. With no natural predators, the jellyfish population exploded, leaving a breathtaking (if a bit scary) underwater ecology.

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8 comments to "Jellyfish Lake."

  1. Anita
    May 20th, 2007 at 8:55 pm

    BTW - unlike other jellyfish swarms, apparently these don't sting. I'd still be scared to death to swim with them though!

  2. vincent
    May 21st, 2007 at 12:18 am

    in Asia , people eat them ...very health food.

  3. ::mwah::
    May 21st, 2007 at 10:42 am

    That's gotta tickle...

  4. Nick
    May 21st, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    This lake was featured on an episode of Survivor: Palau.

  5. Dave
    May 21st, 2007 at 5:47 pm

    All they'd need to control the population is a good source of peanut butter and bread.

  6. laini
    May 22nd, 2007 at 2:01 pm

    I've been in that lake! It's pretty surreal in there, to say the least.

  7. Ali S.
    May 23rd, 2007 at 12:05 am

    You know when you are about to watch this video you should first let it all load up...and put on Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" then sit back and watch them jellies float about.

    Very soothing.

  8. Anon
    May 15th, 2008 at 10:20 am

    It seems that they can sting, but their tentacles are too short to have any effect on swimmers they come in contact with.


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