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Jelly Fish Lake - Palau

    Last month we had some guest that wanted to go to Jelly Fish Lake... I was reluctant because I feel that if there were any jellies in the lake, they would need some time to repopulate and the amount of jellies in the lake wouldn't be as mind blowing as before.
    We made our way to the lake and we found a few jellies with clubs... (the long things hanging down, looks like legs). I was confused for a bit because the jellies that I was looking at int the lake were the jellies that i saw outside the lake... Hmmmm..👀 

    Golden and spotted jellyfish comparison. Note the loss of spots, color and greatly reduced clubs in the golden jellyfish from Jellyfish Lake.

    So..., I spoke with Francis about this and he told me to go see Pat Collins. Pat is the founder of the Coral Reef Foundation and they are the ones who monitor all the lakes, Reefs, and other areas of Palau. He explained the cycle of the jellies in the lakes.. The data goes back as far as 1999, where there were nearly no jellies in the lake. Through the years slight changes in water temp and weather made a significant change to the lake. Jelly growth flourished. Then 2016 hit Palau with El-Nino with La-Nina right be hind it... The decline of the jellies started to decline. So 2017 nothing in the lake.. 2018 we are starting to see a comeback of jellies but, with clubs... according to Pat, this is the jellies natural state and with time, and the birth of new jellies the clubs with be gone... 
    All in all, this is a cycle of life for the jellies of Jelly Fish Lake. 
the jellies didn't die because of tourism, peeing in the water, sunblock, fin kicks,... and many other reasons I've heard...