{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a9d984d04dec1fb262d232f/6931155ad6bc23eda28fb5c3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 183 – Weird Circles, or “We Are Not Using the Title Wyatt Suggested Under Any Circumstances”","description":"<p>You ever see a perfect circle in nature and think, “Whoaaaa”? If so, this episode is for you! And if not, we’ll let you have this episode on a probationary basis!</p><p><br></p><p>Talkin’ ’bout fairy circles – large, evenly spaced and perfectly round bare patches found in the grasses of the Namib Desert – and fairy rings, the eerie patterns of dead grass, extra luscious grass, or mushrooms, all three of which are almost <em>certainly</em> not caused by elf ejaculate. Almost.</p><p><br></p><p>Brought to you by Japan: it’s less than half as far away as maps think!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>EPISODE LINKS</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://gofund.me/14f8d3d01\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Gaza GoFundMe</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://superduperstitious.com/links\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">All-purpose show links</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Fairy Circles</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Aerial_view_of_Fairy_circles%2C_Namibia_%282017%29.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Aerial view</a></p><p><a href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Fairy_circles_namibia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Closer view 1</a></p><p><a href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Feenkreise_Namibia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Closer view 2</a></p><p><a href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Feenkreis_Marienflusstal_Namibia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Right next to one</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.livescience.com/21228-mysterious-african-fairy-circles-mystery.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Live Science article</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S143383192500006X?via%3Dihub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics</em> review article</a></p><p><a href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4822591/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Australian fairy circles</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/core/lw/2.0/html/tileshop_pmc/tileshop_pmc_inline.html?title=Click%20on%20image%20to%20zoom&amp;p=PMC3&amp;id=4822591_pnas.1522130113fig01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Photos of Aussie fairy circles</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Fairy Rings</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://artsci.usu.edu/herbarium/activities_fun-stuff/fun-facts-about-fungi/fairy-rings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fairy ring examples 1 and 2</a></p><p><a href=\"https://cdn.britannica.com/69/11969-050-AC586CFE/colony-Amanita-alba-mushroom-species-fairy-ring.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Example 3 (forest fairy ring)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Hexenring_Nebelgrauer_Trichterling.JPG\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Example 4 (spookier forest fairy ring)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/fairy-rings/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UWM Extension article</a></p><p><a href=\"https://archive.org/details/toadstoadstoolsn00morg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Toads and Toadstools</em>, by Adrian Morgan</a></p><p><a href=\"https://imafungus.pensoft.net/article/138320/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>IMA Fungus</em> article</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Danish Undersea Rings</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/578709\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The solution (and the photo)</a></p><p><a href=\"https://hakaimagazine.com/news/decoding-the-mystery-of-seagrass-fairy-circles/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Up-close photo</a></p>","author_name":"Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee"}