http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/disco ... ir-spines/
Something to think about the next time you get poked by an urchin. It's one thing to get poked in the eye - how often you get poked by somebody's eye?
Sea urchins "see" the sea with their spines
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Sea urchins "see" the sea with their spines
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Re: Sea urchins "see" the sea with their spines
Super neat! I find the movement of sea urchin spines to be super creepy... and a little mesmerizing. I'll never look at them the same way again now that I know they're staring back.
-Eric
Apparently... once every couple months.Penopolypants wrote:http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/disco ... ir-spines/
Something to think about the next time you get poked by an urchin. It's one thing to get poked in the eye - how often you get poked by somebody's eye?
-Eric
Re: Sea urchins "see" the sea with their spines
Wow, that's really cool. I always supposed they just moved around by braille.
Re: Sea urchins "see" the sea with their spines
Must be heck trying to get a pair of glasses...