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The little sea urchin on top is quite unusual. It was discovered by a research vessel near New Caledonia at a depth of 1000 ft.
148 responses to “Strange Creatures”
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got a link to this in an email from a friend. he thinks it looks like the Mandelbrot set fractal too!
I agree.
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Looks like a Katamari from Katamari Damacy. The King of All Cosmos will be pleased.
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wow. I just got back from Half Moon Bay, and discover this blog storm. 200K views in 24 hours.
jorgempf: yes, it is mine.
thanks y’all. Yes, it is a beautiful computation. Here’s another one from HMB:
It seems that we like the emergent constructs, fractal and nested, that arise from iterative computations (e.g., evolution, organic growth…).
In other words, we appreciate the accumulated computational complexity produced by evolutionary dynamics (genetic and memetic).
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below what said a year ago: since then asked prof/ at tje enviro sciences college at s.u.n.y. if need more info email me at cybernetiks@yahoo.co
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it could also be a zanny- Ukrainian ‘easter-egg’
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Wow! Is this a rare find?
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They could both easily be Faberge creations. But nature is always the most creative!
i got it 4 months ago. ?!? i am confused by your second answer now. am i missing something?
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