Looking at it, it looks like a tower, surrounded by a structure that resembles a fence. We are in Peru, precisely in the Amazon, where Alexander Troy, a graduate of Georgia Tech, discovered a bizarre formation three months ago in a blue tarpaulin near the Tambopata Research Center, in the south-east of the country.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
Looking at it, it looks like one tower, surrounded by a structure that resembles a fence. We are in Perù, precisely in the Amazon, where Alexander Troy, a Georgia Tech graduate, discovered a bizarre formation three months ago in a blue tarpaulin near the Tambopata Research Center in the southeastern part of the country.
These small nests, also recently seen by Alexander in tree trunks in the Amazon, are tiny but spectacular.
These structures measure less than two centimeters and, what is even more amazing, no one yet knows which creature created them. They are made up of small symmetrical fence-like posts, connected together by thin, parallel wires. Within this sort of fence natural, a central tower is protected, which should house the egg of the little creature.
So far there has been no agreement as to which hand designed and built this small security complex but according to the entomologists who have seen the images there may be some layers arthropods using a material that resembles the set. Probably insects, which try to protect their own in this way eggs. Nothing more beautiful and natural.
But let's not be surprised. Scientists estimate there are millions of still unknown animal and plant species on earth.
Francesca Mancuso
Foto: Thisiscolossal
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