Subsequent to vanishing two years ago, the jellyfish of Palau’s Jellyfish Lake are recouping. Nearby travel and tours companies are by and by visiting the famous area.
In November 2018, the Coral Reef Research Foundation (CRRF) of Palau announced about one million golden jellyfish had already returned to the lake. CRRF has been observing the lake every year for a long time and month to month since their vanishing in 2016. The populace can vacillate a considerable amount. Notwithstanding, there are normally around 5 million jellyfish in the lake amid its sound periods. On an ongoing exploring visit, Sam’s Tours was excited to find that the moon jellyfish have additionally come back to the lake. In spite of the fact that we expected to see generally littler juvenile golden jellies, we shockingly observed some huge, hearty grown-ups too.
Where did the jellyfish go?
Amid a drawn out dry spell in 2016 caused by an El Niño occasion, the golden jellyfish medusas vanished from the lake because of unusual water conditions, for example, expanded temperature and salinity. The jellyfish have two life cycles. The first is as a little, 2 mm abiogenetic polyp living on the mass of the lake. The second is as the previously mentioned and recognizable medusas we see gliding in the lake. Luckily, in the polyp stage, the jellyfish are very solid. These could endure the El Niño occasion to deliver more medusas and bring the lake back.
Jellyfish Lake is one of Palau’s essential vacation spots. In light of its continuous recuperation, the Palau government has revived the lake for day by day visits. Guests can by and by experience this stunning spot and snorkel among a huge number of innocuous jellyfish. Both the legislature and tour agencies are cheerful that the lake will keep on bouncing back to its pre-El Niño quantities of 5 to 7 million jellyfish.