not all urchins are created equal

there are times, as a scientist, that my confidence in pure evolution as the answer to life’s complexity finds itself challenged. a client of my husband’s once said that he knew god existed and didn’t need any proof. why? raspberries, that’s why. he only needed to eat a perfect raspberry to be reassured that only god could have made such a thing. i am not quite willing to follow him there. but on the other hand, let your gaze wander over these sea urchin carapaces. and wonder…

assorted sea urchin exoskeletons