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SOMETHING
FISHY
If you go diving off the coast of Japan you might see these
beautiful patterns on the seafloor. But what are they?
Underwater crop circles? Mermaid art? Alien messages?
Thanks to scientists, we now have the answer...
SCIENCE WONDERS
S A N DY ST R UCT U R E
These pretty undersea sand sculptures are
about 6½ ft (2 m) wide, with a central area
made up of much finer sand. They were first
discovered in 1995, but it took scientists
another sixteen years to figure out that
they are the nests of a male fish.US_016-017_Something_fishy.indd 16 12/09/2018 15: