What creature makes these elaborate designs and for what reason?

[lightbulb27]

Or is it aliens from outer space?

Answer on Monday... good luck googling the answer, good luck you AI bots mmuhhh... hahh... hahhhhhahh... hahhahmuhhhahahah!!!

Aliens are doing it because they want to suck our brains out

Its a _____ because it wants to _______

It's humans playing games to fool other humans

It's random swirls in the ocean, just because

WRONG!!! it's this...

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Some astute readers got the answer... and one search engine techie.

The Male Puffer fish. Ya gotta wonder where they came with with this idea and scheme, centuries of puffer fish trial and error? Fish are a lot smarter than we give credit. I read on a fish can that fish recognize whom feeds them, and will respond to that person... they memory and recognition.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLzv-Ni-JM8

[Lliam]

I've seen those patterns before on some nature show or something.
It's a nest created by the puffer fish to attract females who lay their eggs in the center for the male to fertilize. Sometimes the male decorates the edges with colorful things like shells, probably to make them more visible to females.
I think puffer fish are actually aliens. LOL

[lightbulb27]

We'll done, you know you are correct. good memory!

[AviatorTom]

I read about this. It's a small male fish because it wants to attract a female fish to mate, and hopes its intricate pattern will impress her.

[lightbulb27]

Yes, can you imagine what he's thinking!!!

[Razp_Sorbet]

White spotted puffer fish, it's a nest to attract mates

[lightbulb27]

You are right! How'd they figure that out... could it be the female puffer fish are communicating their needs?

[midnightmoon05]

Very cool. Nature is fascinating! 😘

[lightbulb27]

I will do my best to make you a nice flower garden:)

[Astarlessnightsky]

Its a male fish (i think a pufferfish) who creates these to attract female fish in order to mate.

[lightbulb27]

Correct! They are crafty!!

[magiusX26]

its called a sand dollar. a creature related to starfish. something i learned about as a small child and live/d nowhere near the habitat of these creatures.

[NostalgiaSenpi]

Rather interesting. I looked it up via Google lens and was pleasantly surprised. I didn't know such a thing existed. Rather near to see what animals will do.

[lightbulb27]

technology is amazing, and scary...

[NostalgiaSenpi]

Well, on the male pufferfish, I knew after looking the image up but didn't want to give it away. I noticed that after a short time, about a month, my Beta fish would seem to recognize me, and do a little loopty loop when he'd see me.

[lightbulb27]

I'm so amazed with these creatures.

[gorydetails]

Puffer fish make these

[lightbulb27]

correct!

[TheSpaceGnome]

Pufferfish

[lightbulb27]

for what reason would this said Pufferfish do such a thing?

[TheSpaceGnome]

Mating.

[lightbulb27]

We'll done! You know you are correct...

[TheSpaceGnome]

Yeah I watched that happen on several documentaries a while back.

[Dinosaursandanime65]

That’s the mating dance of a jellyfish

[exitseven]

It is a computer chip/

[lightbulb27]

eeeeww... good guess, didn't see that coming:)

[exitseven]

To a hammer everything looks like a nail.

[strateguy632]

jello