This is no regular land art. It was first discovered by Japanese photographer Yoji Ookata, who has dedicated his life to uncover the deep mysteries of the world's ocean's floors. Ookata came across these rippling geometric sand patterns, which were nearly six feet in diameter and almost 80 feet below sea level during a dive near Amami Oshima. They were a complete mystery to him, so he later returned with his film crew to see if they could figure out who or what created such interesting shapes. This is what they discovered:
Using underwater cameras the team discovered the artist is a small puffer fish only a few inches in length. The little guy tirelessly swims and swims through the day and night to create these organic sculptures using the gesture of a single fin. Through careful observation, Ookata and his team found that the circles serve a variety of important ecological functions, the most important of which is to attract mates. The female fish are attracted to the hills and valleys within the sand. They carefully travel across them to discover the male fish, where the pair eventually lay eggs at the circle’s center. The grooves in the sand later act as a natural buffer to the ocean's currents, which protect the delicate offspring. Scientists also learned that the more ridges contained within the sculpture resulted in a much greater likelihood of the fish pairing ( what a cute way to propose!).
What clever and creative little fish!! To bad you have to dive so far into the ocean to discover them, so for now we can marvel at these pieces from the photography skills of Yoji Ookata.
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