You Won't Believe These Astounding Nature Photos Are Real

Tetraodontidae

These mysterious circles on the seafloor are not caused by aliens—it's actually pufferfish hoping to snag a new mate. Divers first noticed the structures near Japan's Amami-Oshima Island about 20 years ago. Nobody knew what was creating them until recently when scientists discovered that male pufferfish spend about 10 days carefully constructing and decorating the structures to woo females.

Desert Bloom

A desert bloom is a climatic phenomenon that occurs in desert across the globe, in which a wide variety of flowers blossom during early-to-mid-spring in years when rainfall is unusually high. The blossoming is caused when rain reaches seeds or bulbs that have been dormant, causing them to germinate and flower.

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The More You Know

  • Over 80 million bacteria can be exchanged in one kiss.
  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
  • A cow-bison hybrid is called a "beefalo."
  • Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.