Pufferfish Builds Sand Sculpture for Mating

Male Japanese pufferfish build exquisite sand sculptures to attract a mate.

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“Spy in the Ocean: Deep Thinkers“ premieres October 25, 2023, at 8|7c on PBS and YouTube.

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Male Japanese pufferfish build exquisite sand sculptures to attract a mate. When a female is not impressed with this male's creation, Spy Puffer steps in as the artist’s assistant.

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[mtoffo]

"What do you bring to the table?"
"Aesthetically pleasing mandalas"
"I'm yours"

[crimson]

Artist, architect, mathematician, and physicist.

These pufferfish have a killer resume portfolio

[Thisisaweirdthingmakeusdo]

Spy puffer is just that guy. The wing man we all need 😂

[rodesvilobo]

Imagine you make some art for the girl you like and it's so good it attracts the attention of a being so advanced you can't even comprehend

[gospelsongsdelilah]

Imagine creating a masterpiece 24/7 for a relationship that would not even last for an hour!

[Marc-ru]

That circle is the equivalent of candles and roses around a bed 😅

[AndorranStairway]

Absolutely incredible that they can achieve this level of large symmetry despite being so small.

[funny]

Does anyone realize how mathematically perfect the design is??

[saipavan]

Spy puffer is that friend in movies that give relationship advices to the protagonist

[lyndseystrait]

Did not realize pufferfish did this. Amazing! Also, the fact that spy pufferfish helped be a wingman was fun. Fantastic footage!

[xxmushisushixx]

0:51 He’s like, GET that sh*t out of here 😤

[sarahs]

I think puffer fish are officially my favorite fish.

[daniellalino]

This has to be one of the most fascinating things I have seen that occurs in nature.Truly amazing.

[smileitsjustagame]

I love that Spy Puffer helped out! Very cute haha 😂

[timmillan]

Could you imagine randomly finding this with no previous knowledge of puffer fish? Atlantis!

[mariannehanley]

A pufferfish??
This is wild & so sweet.
What a pretty design!

[peppino]

When you see things like this, you realize nothing is as perfect as nature itself.

[JustLivinMYlife]

She said one more sea shell or no babies! Lol😂

[MariAmmaSar]

I cannot believe a fish made this elaborate geometric masterpiece - not even a human could do this without serious planning. It looks like an image of the radiant sun.

[AAE]

No crafting tools, no mechanism, no training. And boom comes the perfect design with accuracy and symmetric. Nature !!