{"id":1278,"date":"2009-08-02T05:15:40","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T04:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2024-10-24T08:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T06:59:41","slug":"kakaban-lile-aux-meduses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/kakaban-lile-aux-meduses-20090802\/","title":{"rendered":"Kakaban, the island of jellyfish"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a deserted island. In its mangrove necklace, it holds the jade water of a huge lake, full of jellyfish... which do not sting! A little walk in video and in pictures in Kakaban...<\/p>\n

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Welcome to Kakaban<\/h2>\n

There are only a few places in the world like this. The most famous jellyfish island is Palau, in Micronesia. There are others in the archipelago of Raja Ampat, in West Papua, in Indonesia, less accessible.<\/p>\n

And then there's Kakaban, also in Indonesia, on the east coast of Borneo. I'll take you there!<\/p>\n

\"Welcome<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kakaban.<\/a><\/p>\n

The lake of Kakaban is slightly above sea level and its depth is about 17 meters.<\/p>\n

A movement of the earth's crust would have raised the island, more than 10 000 years ago, trapping jellyfish, algae and various other small marine creatures. Finding themselves without predators, the jellyfish have lost, over time, their stinging power.<\/p>\n

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Videos: swimming with jellyfish<\/h2>\n

It is one thing to know that jellyfish do not sting. It is another to slip into this warm, greenish and brackish water, and to verify by oneself that the famous jellyfish are indeed harmless...<\/p>\n

Dive into the atmosphere with the video below:<\/p>\n

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