Palau, Micronesia
May 2005

 

 

 

 

See mit Quallen 

Yellyfish Lake

 

 
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Im Jelly Fish Lake kann man zwischen Millionen ungefährlicher Quallen schnorcheln. 

 
 

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Yellyfish Lake is one of the most unique places on the planet! A huge lake filled to the top with over 20 million non-stinging jellies.

 
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Mastigias Jellies have evolved over millions of years into an animal that no longer needs its predatory stinging cells.

 
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In the lake, you will be surrounded by millions of pulsating globes.

 
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The jellies have become farmers of an algae similar to that used by coral reefs. This algae lives inside a jelly's tissues and all the algae needs to survive is sunlight where it photosynthesizes the suns rays into sugars. The jelly uses an enzyme which it gets from a nitrogen rich layer of water deeper in the lake every night to capture the energy it needs from the algae. Hence, the daily cycle of following the Sun in the day time and sinking deeper at night to 'fertilize' themselves.

 
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