Pufferfish mating ritual - Wikipedia
Movements of the white-spotted pufferfish for nest construction. The fish begins making the structure by forming a simple circle shape in the sand using its belly. [5] Once this is complete the fish makes the valleys and peaks by waving its fins while swimming in a straight line from the outside to the inside of the nest.
Pufferfish Love Explains Mysterious Underwater Circles
2013年10月2日 · For about 16 years, nobody knew what made mystery underwater circles in the seafloor off a Japanese island. Scientists now know pufferfish make the formations to attract mates.
Pufferfish Create Underwater Crop Circles When They Mate
2013年10月4日 · Although some other fishes construct mating mounds, the pufferfish’s creation is unique for a number of reasons: First, they involve radially aligned ridges and valleys outside the nest site....
How mating pufferfish created one of the ocean’s greatest …
Mysterious 'crop circles' found on the seabed have been discovered to be a nest built by the most unlikely of creatures. Save 40% when you subscribe to BBC Science Focus Magazine! …
Pufferfish Courtship Explains Mysterious Underwater Circles
2013年10月4日 · In order to attract mates, a newly discovered species of pufferfish makes geometric patterns that involve radially aligned ridges and valleys decorated with fragments of shells. In 1995, divers...
Simple rules for construction of a geometric nest structure by ...
2018年8月17日 · A small (~10 cm) male pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus) builds a large (~2 m) sandy nest structure, resembling a mysterious crop circle, to attract females.
Are Underwater Crop Circles A Symbol Of Love? » ScienceABC
2023年10月19日 · The main reason the fish make this intricate web is to charm females of the species; it is a special form of mating ritual. The center of the circle is where the female enters. Once a female approaches the circle, the male darts through the circle, gathering up sand, theoretically to demonstrate the quality of the sand he used.
The pufferfish's wonderful nest - From so simple a beginning
2018年8月23日 · Thousands of times the white-spotted pufferfish male digs a rectilinear ditch in the sand, following simple rules. Ryo Mizuuchi and colleagues explain how this process results in a huge and beautiful sand structure.
3D model of the geometric nest structure, the “mystery circle ...
2022年7月4日 · We reconstructed a 3D model of this structure for the first time using a “structure from motion” (SfM) algorithm. The mystery circle constructed by the pufferfish may have potential applications...
Finding Love in the Sand: The Instinctive Architecture of the ...
2017年4月23日 · To attract the best fish in the sea, male pufferfish spend at least seven 24-hour days completing an intricate mating ritual that involves swimming their bodies into and through the seafloor to...
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