Mystery in the Amazon

[William Seger]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2412006/Mystery-Amazon-Miniature-white-towers-surrounded-picket-fences-trees-leave-scientists-totally-baffled.html#ixzz2enEAyRB7

A mysterious structure which has appeared in the Peruvian Amazon - and appears to be a spire surrounded by a white picket fence - is baffling scientists.

The first of the structures was spotted just months ago on June 7, by Troy Alexander, a graduate student at Georgia Tech.

He discovered the bizarre formation on the bottom of some blue tarpaulin close to the Tambopata Research Center, in southeastern Peru.

He then found three more of the enclosures on tree trunks in the jungle, Wired.com reports.

[Kali]

1. wonder if anybody asked any locals about it

probably common but not "real" until described by western science.

[mainer]

2. When I was in the Amazon, I saw all sorts of weird fungi and spiders

It's a whole alien world there, and even the locals keep discovering new things. From one acre to the next, you'll find entirely new plant species that exist only in their few square acres.

[dimbear]

3. Spider + some local hallucinogen. n/t

[csziggy]

4. Tiny aliens trying to phone home?

It reminds me of the Arecibo Observatory.



Actually in the third picture at the link, I think there is a tiny spider on the right side of the spire.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. It's like burning man.... for aphids?