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Jellyfish Lake

May 19, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This video was taken in the Republic of Palau – an island nation some 800km east of the Philippines. As a sovereign state it was only born in 1994 but was probably first settled over 3,000 years ago. The tiny island nation was once sold by Spain to Germany, was controled by Japan, taken by America who gained official control in 1947.

Sarosh Jacob has found an amazing lake in this tiny, young country – Jellyfish Lake. With the help of music from Radiohead, a Canon 5D MkII and some aquatica housing he has produced this stunning video.

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What do you think? Would you swim in a lake filled with jellyfish? Are videos like this just the thing to help support the young nation of Palau or is there a risk that tourism might destroy the ecosystem?

Immortal jellyfish invading the world’s oceans

June 18, 2010 by Andrew 2 Comments

Scientists have found what may be the only animal in the world capable of immortality. The hydrozoans jellyfish is able to revert back to its polyp state – that’s its first stage of live, the stage it is born into and before it starts to mature into an older jellyfish.

The process is called transdiffentiation and other animals have limited forms of it. For example, the salamander can regrow limbs. The hydrozoans, however, can regenerate its entire body and it can do so as often as it wants.

Needless to say; scientists are looking into how this remarkable creature manages to achieve this!

Here’s the thing; because the hyrdozoan don’t die of natural old age their numbers are increasing. Dr. Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute. Told the WorldHealth.net that;

“We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion

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Are you impressed? Are you worried? What do you think about the impressive regeneration cycle the jellyfish is apparently able to engage in? Would it benefit mankind or harm us hugely if we’re able to harness this process in any way at all?

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