The first satisfying feeling about this video is obviously the fascinating work of art this species of Japanese puffer fish is capable of creating. Secondly, I realized how lovely David Attenborough’s voice is. In fact, I don’t want to watch anther earth and nature video if he is not narrating it.
This puffer fish works tirelessly to attract a female. Photo:BBC
Of course these are not actual crop circles. It turns out that these perfectly symmetrical works of art are from a species of Japanese puffer that create them to attract females. The crop-circle-like creation to the male Japanese puffer fish is what nice cars are to human bachelors – both are often waved in the faces of females just to excite them. We all know that doesn’t pan out the way we hoped.
