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Bond T, Mueller RJ, Birt MJ, Prince J, Miller K, Partridge JC, McLean DL. Mystery pufferfish create elaborate circular nests at mesophotic depths in Australia. J Fish Biol. 2020 Nov;97(5):14011407. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14506.

Brennan PLR, Cowart JR, Orbach DN. Evidence of a functional clitoris in dolphins. Curr Biol. 2022 Jan 10;32(1):R24R26. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.020.

Bura, Veronica & Kawahara, Akito & Yack, Jayne. (2016). A Comparative Analysis of Sonic Defences in Bombycoidea Caterpillars. Scientific Reports. 6. 31469. 10.1038/srep31469.

Bura VL, Rohwer VG, Martin PR, Yack JE. Whistling in caterpillars (Amorpha juglandis, Bombycoidea): soundproducing mechanism and function. J Exp Biol. 2011 Jan 1;214(Pt 1):307. doi: 10.1242/jeb.046805.

Kawase H, Kitajima Y, Iwai D. 3D model of the geometric nest structure, the "mystery circle," constructed by pufferfish. Sci Data. 2022 Jul 4;9(1):368. doi: 10.1038/s41597022014664.

Kawase, Hiroshi & Okata, Yoji & Ito, Kimiaki & Ida, Akihiko. (2014). Spawning behavior and paternal egg care in a circular structure constructed by pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus (Pisces: Tetraodontidae). Bulletin of Marine Science. 91. 3343. 10.5343/bms.2014.1055.

Kawase H, Mizuuchi R, Shin H, Kitajima Y, Hosoda K, Shimizu M, Iwai D, Kondo S. Discovery of an EarliestStage “Mystery Circle” and Development of the Structure Constructed by Pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus (Pisces: Tetraodontidae). Fishes. 2017; 2(3):14. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes2030014

Kawase, H., Okata, Y. & Ito, K. Role of Huge Geometric Circular Structures in the Reproduction of a Marine Pufferfish. Sci Rep 3, 2106 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep02106

Mizuuchi R, Kawase H, Shin H, Iwai D, Kondo S. Simple rules for construction of a geometric nest structure by pufferfish. Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 17;8(1):12366. doi: 10.1038/s41598018308570.

OzkanAydin Y, Goldman DI, Bhamla MS. Collective dynamics in entangled worm and robot blobs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 9;118(6):e2010542118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2010542118. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Apr 20;118(16)

Patil, Vishal & Tuazon, Harry & Kaufman, Emily & Chakrabortty, Tuhin & Qin, David & Dunkel, Jörn & Bhamla, Saad. (2022). Ultrafast reversible selfassembly of living tangled matter. 10.48550/arXiv.2210.03384.

RosiDenadai CA, Scallion ML, Merrett CG, Yack JE. Vocalization in caterpillars: a novel soundproducing mechanism for insects. J Exp Biol. 2018 Feb 26;221(Pt 4):jeb169466. doi: 10.1242/jeb.169466.

Tahan V, Tran KD, Yousef MA, Dailey FE, Uraz S. An Unusual Finding of a Ladybug on Screening Colonoscopy. ACG Case Rep J. 2019 Aug 15;6(8):e00174. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000174. Erratum in: ACG Case Rep J. 2019 Oct 17;6(10):e00270. PMID: 31737711;

Taylor CJ, Yack JE. Hearing in caterpillars of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). J Exp Biol. 2019 Nov 21;222(Pt 22):jeb211862. doi: 10.1242/jeb.211862.