When someone suggests the idea of swimming with jellyfish your first thought is “Nope, no way.” But in the Rock Islands of Palau there is a lake, appropiately named “Jellyfish Lake.” They contain golden jellyfish which don’t sting!
The lake is covered with natural sunlight and the golden jellyfish bask in it, they need the sunlight to survive. The jellyfish have an algae like substance that lives in their tissue named zooxanthellae that is nourished by the sunlight. So in other words, the jellyfish just chill around the lake and sunbathe. The jellyfish have been thriving in the lake for about 12,000 years! Over those years the jellyfish adapted to the lake and lost their stingers due to the fact they have no predators to protect themselves against. These golden jellyfish are totally safe to swim and snorkel with! You can hold them and play with them and remain absolutely sting free.
You can even take selfies with the cute squishy looking jellyfish.
Richard Schneider / Via Flickr: picturecorrect
Just imagine swimming in a huge lake full of hundreds- maybe thousands of harmless jellyfish!
Richard Schneider / Via Flickr: picturecorrect
Visiting and swimming in this lake is definitely on my bucket list now!
Bibliography:
Alba, Alejandro. “There’s A Lake Where You Can Swim With Jellyfish That Won’t Sting You.” BuzzFeed. Buzzfeed, 8 July 2014. Web. 06 Oct. 2014.
“Golden Jellyfish Facts — National Geographic.” National Geographic. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 06 Oct. 2014.
“Things To Do.” Palau Visitors Authority – Things To Do. Palau Visitors Authorities, 2003. Web. 06 Oct. 2014.
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