Located on an uninhabited rock island off the coast of Koror in Palau, Jellyfish Lake is a saltwater lake that was once connected to the ocean, but is now cut off. The isolated lake became the perfect setting for a jellyfish explosion! Marine biologists speculate the jellyfish were trapped in the lake 12,000 years ago after a rise in sea levels post-Ice Age. The jellyfish evolved to have almost no stingers, because they have no natural predators present.
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- The lake is about the size of ten football fields. It’s completely isolated from other bodies of water.
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- Holding jellyfish is a strange sensation. They’re very delicate and wobbly.
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- The jellyfish do have stingers, but they are too small to be felt by humans.
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- We had strict instructions to keep the lake pristine. No sunscreen or any other products on hair or skin.
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- Mike freediving with the jellies. No SCUBA is allowed here, because the jellyfish are too delicate.
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- How surreal to hold a living thing in your hand that you can see THROUGH.
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- Palau’s “famous” limestone arch.
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