Nature’s greatest artist? One pufferfish on a mission to impress females

Peter Sanftmann
By Peter Sanftmann
February 2, 2017Entertainment
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Nature’s greatest artist? One pufferfish on a mission to impress females

Who could call himself to be nature’s greatest artist? This tiny little pufferfish is about to give it a worthy try as he hopes to impress a female with his masterpiece.

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Pufferfish are known to show amazing coordination at swimming in groups of hundreds of pufferfish, reacting in perfect unison to any change in direction while swimming. They do this to make themselves look like an animal with a big body to scare away predators with poor eyesight from prying on them.

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Yet this pufferfish is using his superb coordination for some more dedicated purpose. What he does not have in size, he can easily make up for with his seamless and amazing coordination. What comes out in the end is a perfect display of a mandala, making himself worthy of being called a little artist:

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