The geometry of a tortoise carapace (shell):

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Nature is incredible in all of its designs! I love turtles and am in awe of them when they are traversing the roads here, I’ll stop to try and move one in the direction they are headed to avoid being smashed. Gotta love ’em!
Bless you Swoosie Que! They’re so vulnerable to human impact and certainly can use every little bit of help 🙂
Nature’s natural art is always so beautiful.
You’ll hear no arguments from us with that opinion Mary!
Gorgeous!
Nature abounds in beautiful things, hey Meg?
Absolutely!
Excellent example and great photo!
Thank you for visiting de Wets Wild Sheila, and for the kind comment!
Thank you for visiting sued51!
Beautiful!
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Have you ever seen inside the shell? I once ate turtle with some Australian Aborigines (who are allowed to hunt them). The inside of the shell had beautiful white scribble patterns all over.
Fascinating suchwildlove – thanks for sharing!