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The white-spotted pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus) is only about 15 centimeters long, but the male spends roughly a week of nonstop fin flapping to sculpt a geometric sand circle nearly seven feet across on the seafloor off Amami-Oshima, Japan. He carves radial valleys and ridges with stunning symmetry, then picks up shells and coral fragments in his mouth and places them around the rim as decoration. Divers first found these patterns in 1995 and had no idea what made them. The fish wasn't filmed building one until 2011, and biologists named it as a new species in 2014.🌊🐟 The structure is a courtship display. A female swims by, inspects the work, and decides whether to lay her eggs in the fine sand at the center. The ridges aren't just for show, either: they slow the ocean currents passing over the nest, so the eggs sit in a calmer pocket once fertilized. The male is one of the smaller animals on the reef, and this is how he makes himself impossible to ignore. #fyp #ADHD #pufferfish #sea #DidYouKnow @urdailydoseofinternet28 follow for more amazing and interesting content ✨ ( Via Original Video Credit 🎥 :( @frameofpast ) . All content is used strictly for educational purposes, with full credit to the rightful owners) 👉 (This channel is protected under the following law: (Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as parody, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.)