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Photographer Yoji Ookata discovers bizzare gemoetric circles off the coast of Japan | Color in Motion 205

September 21, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

From I Fucking Love Science

Underwater photographer Yoji Ookata first noticed these bizarre geometric circles off the coast of Japan. He was understandably pretty confused, and asked the advice of colleagues.

After returning to the site with co-workers and a television crew, they worked out that they’re being made by male puffer fish. It’s thought to be a ‘display’ to attract females and/or a shield to protect their young from potentially dangerous ocean currents.

It’s about six and a half feet wide, and was painstakingly created by one male puffer fish. He worked at it for several hours, sweeping his tail in the sand to carve out the structure. He didn’t just shape it either – he decorated it, using small stones and shells.

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