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Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:55:03 2010 No.1275683 [Reply] [Original]

Why are animals symmetrical?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:55:03 2010 No.1275689 Animals aren't symmetrical, only on the outside do they appear to be

>>	hex! Sat Jun 26 18:56:03 2010 No.1275690 Linear movement. However, not all animals are horizontally symmetrical; you also have radial symmetry in some cases.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:56:03 2010 No.1275698 >>1275683 Whatcha gonna do when you run out of pictures to post?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:57:03 2010 No.1275703 Symmetry is common in natural structures. Animals are natural structures. Symmetry is common in animals.

Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:57:03 2010 No.1275706
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>>1275683
Stop posting on /sci/ with your gay repertoire of similarly photographed images of people's faces and your stupid topics. Jesus don't you have a life or anything? Go outside.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:57:03 2010 No.1275707 symmetry requires less "genetic data" for storage

>>	hex! Sat Jun 26 18:58:03 2010 No.1275710 >>1275698 Probably post repeats. If you've seen the Flickr gallery, there are hundreds of them, many of which our dear troll is skipping.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:58:03 2010 No.1275712 File: 191 KB, 787x783, 4479061523_e2129c52e9_o.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1275698 I won't let that happen.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:59:03 2010 No.1275718 >>1275710 1566 pics to be exact :3

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 18:59:03 2010 No.1275721 Are flowers technically animals?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 19:00:03 2010 No.1275725 I'm sure gravity has something to do with it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 19:01:03 2010 No.1275734 File: 1.83 MB, 320x256, 1277510571840.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bilateral symmetry: meets environment Radial symmetry: environment meets

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 19:02:03 2010 No.1275741 >>1275734 ADORABLE

Anonymous Sat Jun 26 19:03:03 2010 No.1275745

"Bilateral symmetry permits streamlining, favors the formation of a central nerve center, contributes to cephalization, and promotes actively moving organisms. Bilateral symmetry is an aspect of both chordates and vertebrates."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry_in_biology

Google is thy friend.

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>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 26 19:04:03 2010 No.1275749 fascinating

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