Fairy circles and the grasses that they are made of (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Fairy circles and the grasses that they are made of

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Researchers investigated grass death within the fairy circles in several regions of the Namib. The roots of the yellowish dead grasses from within the fairy circles are as long and as undamaged as the roots of the vital green grasses outside of the circles. There was no sign of termite activity.

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Dr Stephan Getzin

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