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Male white-spotted pufferfish build large, radially patterned sand circles as courtship nests, sorting fine sediment into the centre where females inspect the design.

The artist under the current

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Why it matters

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For days, a fish only centimetres long swims grooves, ridges and shell fragments into a circle many times its body length. Currents funnel fine sand toward the centre, where eggs may be laid after a female evaluates the site. The pattern is simultaneously signal, nest and sediment machine—beauty produced by function without becoming less beautiful.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Erkek beyaz benekli balon balıkları kur yuvası olarak büyük, ışınsal kum çemberleri yapar; dişilerin incelediği merkeze ince tortuyu ayırıp taşır.
Akıntının altındaki sanatçı

Santimetrelerle ölçülen bir balık, günler boyunca bedeninin katları büyüklüğündeki çembere oluk, sırt ve kabuk parçaları işler. Akıntılar ince kumu, dişinin alanı değerlendirmesinden sonra yumurtaların bırakılabileceği merkeze taşır. Desen aynı anda sinyal, yuva ve tortu makinesidir; işlevin ürettiği güzellik, işlevsel olduğu için daha az güzel değildir.

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