KAKABAN FANTASTIC

The Island of Kakaban is and excepfora marine environment. An uplifting in the area during Holocene
Transgression, about 19.000BC has left 5sq kilometers of seawater trapped within a 50m (165ft) ridge,
turning the area into a landlocked marine lake. The only other know Lake of such nature found in Palau, Micronesia, is a desert compared to Kakaban. Some of the strongest species and typical
behavior are observed in the lake. Through millennium, they have adopted into an ecosystem that is
totally unique to the brackish water environment.
The lake is teeming with at least 4 species of stingless jelly fish including one of an upside down species
of Cassopea (Possibly Cassiopea Xamachana). About 3 species of Halimeda Green Algea cover the
bottom, and mangrove roots live side by side with tunicates, sponges, tube worms, bihalves,
crustacean, anomones, sea cucumbers, sea snakes and at least five known species of gobies.
Unidentified species are in abudance. Dr.Thomas Tomascik from Canada has aptly called this place a
Biological Paradise. The mystery of how lake’s plant and animals are able to survive in this isolated
system is a subject that marine scientists an geologist bickers about thousands barracuda, blue-finned
tuna and big sharks are also found at kakaba’s barracuda point.