Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ are actually built by fish:

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grist.org 21 Sep '12, 6pm

Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ are actually built by fish:

This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor. What is it? A crop circle made by confused aliens? Tire treads from an undersea rover doing wheelies? The print of a massive octopus wearing fashionable shoes? A MANHOLE? As it turns out, the designs are pufferfish sex palaces . Photographer Yoji Ookata discovered that male pufferfish rake the Zen-garden designs into the sand with their fins, for the purpose of wooing females, who apparently have a well-developed aesthetic sense — the more complex the structure, the more likely they are to mate. The fish then lay eggs in the center of the circle, where the ridges protect them from ocean currents. Oh, egotistical humans. Did you really think you were the only species that could create sculpture gardens on the ocean floor ? As if. Pufferfish are way better at underwater stuff than you are.

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@timrote » 24 Sep '12, 12pm
RT @fisherdoc Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ - aliens? Nope. Better still: pufferfish sex palaces | Grist [link]
@fisherdoc » 24 Sep '12, 11am
Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ - aliens? Nope. Better still: pufferfish sex palaces | Grist [link]
@itsMoBigDeal » 24 Sep '12, 10am
@joyce powzyk. this is fantastic! [link]
@AbelValdivia » 23 Sep '12, 4pm
RT @fishconserve: Ocean crop circles or pufferfish sex palaces? [link]
@fishconserve » 23 Sep '12, 4pm
Ocean crop circles or pufferfish sex palaces? [link]
@theGardenBetty » 22 Sep '12, 4pm
Beautiful. Nature does amazing things. RT @grist: Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ are actually built by fish: [link]
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@youngmin_yi » 22 Sep '12, 1pm
Cool! Sealife art! RT@grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]
@RMedia » 22 Sep '12, 12pm
Pufferfish sex palaces -- who knew? beautiful photos. RT @grist [link]
@IntFineFoodFest » 22 Sep '12, 10am
Strange but true! Mysterious ocean 'crop circles' are actually built by fish - [link]
@TUNZAmag » 22 Sep '12, 8am
It's SO wonderful, we MUSTN'T loose it. [link]
@DrSeaRotmann » 22 Sep '12, 8am
oh, #sea #critters, how I love you! “@grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the #ocean floor: [link]”
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Holy Mackerel: RT @grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]
@S_Danielsson » 22 Sep '12, 7am
So cool!! RT @kellyrigg: Wow, stunning. RT @grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the #ocean floor: [link]
@lamalley » 22 Sep '12, 6am
This is way cool. “@grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]”
@ValhallArts » 22 Sep '12, 6am
RT @grist This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link] Aesthetics of a fish...
@c460053 » 22 Sep '12, 6am
What? “@grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]”
@kellyrigg » 22 Sep '12, 5am
Wow, stunning. RT @grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the #ocean floor: [link]
@Janesixtytwo » 22 Sep '12, 5am
whoa - fascinating! RT @grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]
@LClaessen » 22 Sep '12, 5am
“@grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]” a pufferfish love salon!!!
@EcoRational » 22 Sep '12, 4am
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@WeAreUAE » 22 Sep '12, 4am
The universe never ceases to amaze. RT @dubaitara: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]
@green_collars » 22 Sep '12, 4am
RT @NickDay13: Underwater sex palaces RT @grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]
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@ACuriousDelight » 22 Sep '12, 4am
Nice! RT @grist: This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]
@grist » 22 Sep '12, 4am
This would be a hell of a thing to come across on the ocean floor: [link]
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@DrNeilHammer » 22 Sep '12, 2am
RT @ayanaeliza: “@grist: Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ are actually built by fish: [link]” Beautiful, functional, and ap ...
@ayanaeliza » 22 Sep '12, 2am
“@grist: Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ are actually built by fish: [link]” Beautiful, functional, and apparently alluring.
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RT @greenforyou: Ocean-floor crop circles are actually pufferfish sex palaces. #green [link]
@greenforyou » 21 Sep '12, 11pm
Ocean-floor crop circles are actually pufferfish sex palaces. #green [link]
@KalevEnergy » 21 Sep '12, 10pm
Really cool photo looks like manhole! RT @grist: Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ are actually built by fish: [link]
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RT @HeyMerrill: "pufferfish sex palaces." [link] #pufferfishsexpalaces
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RT @harikunzru: Mysterious ocean 'crop circles' actually made by fish. So that one's cleared up. Go back to work [link]
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Our world is really an amazing place. RT @grist Mysterious ocean ‘crop circles’ are actually built by fish: [link]
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RT @harikunzru: Mysterious ocean 'crop circles' actually made by fish. So that one's cleared up. Go back to work [link]