Talk:Jellyfish Lake

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Let's see:

1. Technically, Jellyfish Lake is not really a 'dive site'. You don't dive there, you float around. You are asked not to swim about much so as not to damage the jellyfish. You might snorkel, a little. You certainly don't bring scuba gear.

2. There is not one Jellyfish lake in Palau, there are at least eight, perhaps more. Is it not amazing that they would 'evolve' separately this way in more than one lake?

    -- Assuming that the weak stinging had been evolved, it would not at all be surprising that eight isolated yet nearly identical populations of jellyfish, each subjected to very similar environments, evolved in a similar pattern. If when the jellyfish are isolated in a lake full of algae, it is an evolutionary benefit to feed on the algae no matter how many different lakes there are. 71.167.133.100 (talk) 21:51, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

3. The Mastigias Jellyfish in the lake are genetically identical to the Mastigias jellyfish outside the lake. The 'evolution' story is unsubstantiated. When Mastigias jellyfish don't have fish to catch, they switch over to their agrarian ways. If you take one of those jellyfish out of the lake, it will 'learn' to sting. If you take a 'stinging' jellyfish from outside and put it in the lake it will 'learn' to grow algae. The fact is that those jellyfish are just capable of eating in more than one way. But evolutionists will grab desperately onto any unsubstantiated imaginary happenings and claim them as proof of their precious macroevolution, won't they?

4. The Mastigias Jellyfish in the jellyfish lakes actually DO have stingers and DO catch small fish that happen into the lakes. This particular species of jellyfish does not have a sting that is particularly strong and most humans don't notice it unless they have sensitive skin. However, if you hold them to your mouth, you will quickly learn whether they 'are stingless' with no nemocysts. Go ahead, try it and get back to me. Xj 08:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

perhaps then you would care to provide some references to add some support to your claims? cheers Goldfinger820 01:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Or perhaps you would like to add references for the unreferenced and unsubstantiated claims that are being made in the article? Or like I said, why not visit the lakes and check out what I've said and get back to me. Xj 22:22, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

i think your missing the point - i won't be adding any refs to the article as i think (like you) that the claims made are unsubtantiated (i'm on your side!)- however if you want to make your points - find refs to support you point of view, else they become unsubstantiated too! Goldfinger820 02:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)