Jellyfish 1 Lake水母湖

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Where is Jellyfish Lake located？

I'm swimming alongside jellyfish！ I'm in the southern lagoon 2 0f Palau. in what iscalled the "Jellyfish Lake"， a marine 3 lake that is packed with beautiful jellyfish.

Interesting facts about Jellyfish Lake

The Jellyfish Lake is one of the marine lakes on the Eil Malk island here in Palau.There are around 70 other marine lakes around here， but this is the only one that is open totourists. Imagine watching millions of jellyfish swarm across the lake， every day！ That'swhat occurs here-every day.

The Jellyfish Lake is 12，000 years old， and is quite isolated 4 from the others. It is，however， connected to the ocean through fissures 5 in the reef 6. The isolation has causedthe jellyfish living in the lake to have evolved 7 differently from the jellyfish in the nearbylagoons.

How many different kinds of Jellyfish are there？

The Jellyfish Lake is populated chiefly by two species of jellyfish-the moonjellyfish and the golden jellyfish. The golden jellyfish is the more active of the two. and ison the move nearly throughout the day， resting only at night. The golden jellyfish move tocertain locations 8 in the lake at certain times of the day. Isn't that interesting？ The moonjellyfish move at night， coming to the surface， probably to feed.

It's a treat to swim around with these jellyfish， and thankfully， their stingers 9 aretoo small to cause any damage to visitors.

In recent times， there have been reports of the falling number of jellyfish， which is ahuge cause for concern 10. Scientists think that this could be because of climate change. Ireally hope not; this place is just too beautiful！

水母湖在哪里？

我正在和水母一起游泳！我在帕勞的南部溻湖一个被称为“水母湖”的湖里。这是一个满是美丽水母的溻湖。

水母湖趣事

水母湖是位于帕劳的埃尔·马尔克岛的消湖之一。这里周围还有约70个溻湖，但水母湖是唯一一个对游客开放的湖泊。想象一下，每天都能看到数百万只水母在湖中游过！这就是这里每天都会发生的事情。

这个水母湖已经有一万两千年的历史了，而且与其他的湖泊隔绝。然而，它通过礁石中的裂缝与海洋相连。这种隔离导致生活在这个湖中的水母的进化与生活在附近溻湖中的水母不同。

水母湖里有多少种不同的水母？

水母湖里主要有两种水母一海月水母和黄金水母。黄金水母是两者中比较活跃的，几乎整天都在移动，只在晚上休息。黄金水母在一天中的固定时间移动到湖中的固定位置。这不是很有趣吗？而月亮水母在晚上移动到湖面，大概是为了觅食。

和这些水母一起游来游去是一种享受，谢天谢地，它们的刺太小，无法对游客造成任何伤害。

最近，有报道称，水母的数量正在减少，这是令人担忧的一个重要原因。科学家们认为，这可能是气候变化所致。我可不希望发生这样的事。这里实在太美了！

（英语原文选自：mocoml.com）

[Notes]

1.jellyfish [?d?el??f??] n.水母

2. lagoon [l??ɡu?n]n.溻湖（由于窄长的沙坝或岩礁等同海洋分隔开的海滨浅海湾）

3.marine[m??ri?n] adj，海洋的

4.isolated[?a?s??le?t?d] adj.孤立的

5.fissure[?f???]n.裂缝

6.reef [ri?f] n.暗礁

7.evolve[??v?lv]v.发展;进化

8. location [l???ke???n] n.位置

9.stinger[?st??ɡ?]n，刺

10. concern [k?n?s??n] n.担心，忧虑