Word: cnidaria
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...ancient times this body of water was open to the sea, but it became cut off, trapping millions of jellyfish. Left in these protected waters, which are replenished through fissures in the limestone, the cnidaria evolved to primarily dine on the sugar produced by algae living in their cells. Free of predators (besides anemones on the lake shore), their stings have become too weak to be felt. Knowing this may be small comfort as you ease into the lake, but once beyond the point of no return you will find yourself in a silent world taking in sights that would...
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