I saw a ladybird not long agoiand it was dark brown with yellow squares on! Are there any other examples of a square/rectangular pattern appearing on living things?
2006-09-07 01:24:21 · 14 answers · asked by HarryBore 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
to clarify and be a bit more specific, they were squares/rectangles with straight edges.
I thought that was impossible, hence me askig the question!
2006-09-07 03:12:19 · update #1
Try Mensa
2006-09-07 01:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by huge.shadow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's unlikely that the laybird you saw actually had squares on it, I cannot think of any perfect cuboid shapes within nature, as far as I'm aware they are man made. As is previously mentioned, there are crystalline structres formed in nature which have straight edges, these are due to the attractions between different atoms forming the crystal.
2006-09-07 01:49:20 · answer #2 · answered by rini27886 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, plenty.. mostly plants. For example, the Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) has a square shape on the cube-like seed capsule... http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/herb/LL/Ludwigia_alternifolia4.jpg
Many plants have square/rectangular seed capsules or rectangular flower petals.
Darn I forgot about Pyrite, its probably the best example of a cube in nature, I have a piece that is perfectly square/cubed. http://terra.geo.orst.edu/~taylore/minerals/pyrite160small.jpg
2006-09-07 07:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salt grains and similar have rectangular faces.
Other than that, most straight-edged shapes I can think of are hexagons (eg honeycombs, cool-cracked structures such as the Giant's Causeway).
2006-09-07 02:46:26 · answer #4 · answered by gvih2g2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's no squares, that form any natural physical objects. The only squares you can see is squares formed as an ornament on the coloration of flowers, insects animals etc.
2006-09-07 02:08:05 · answer #5 · answered by Olga V 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Crystal structures. Bismuth and iron pyrite are the first that come to mind. But all crystal structures have angles that are perfect from a geometrical viewpoint.
Bismuth: http://www.mindat.org/min-684.html
Iron Pyrite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_pyrite
2006-09-07 06:37:17 · answer #6 · answered by Part Time Cynic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Repel or attraction to - gravitational stress is largely an eye-catching stress, while electric powered forces can attraction to or repel ...both obey the inverse sq. regulation and besides the very undeniable reality that electric powered fields do act over shorter distances compared to the pull of gravity over lengthy distances, the first answer is the most major
2016-11-25 02:14:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tortoise shells have square/rectangular markings.
2006-09-07 01:36:35 · answer #8 · answered by jennijan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot think of any and I was taught at school that there are no straight lines in nature.
2006-09-07 01:31:31 · answer #9 · answered by katwishi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably on the crystal level of things.
2006-09-07 01:26:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋