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Man records swim through Jellyfish Lake in Palau

Reddit user mikeyk730 said swimming through "literally millions of jellyfish was absolutely surreal" on Eil Malk island.

By Ben Hooper
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NGERULMUD, Palau, May 28 (UPI) -- A man swimming in Palau's Jellyfish Lake captured footage of his encounter with "literally millions" of jellyfish evolved without their cousins' harsh stings.

Swimmer mikeyk730, who posted his video to YouTube and shared it on Reddit, used a GoPro camera to document his journey through galaxies of jellyfish that have evolved with a sting so mild it is usually not detected by human skin.

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"A place like Palau's Jellyfish Lake is a reminded of how wondrous the world can be," he wrote in the video's description. "Swimming with literally millions of jellyfish was absolutely surreal -- a reminder that there will always be surprises out there!"

The swimmer said on Reddit he "couldn't contain" his smile while filming in the lake, located on Eil Malk island.

"The lake was completely silent except for my own breathing and movement through the water, but I was too overwhelmed to feel anything but excitement," he wrote.

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