For day two of Prince week, we have the purple sea urchin. These guys live near the shoreline in the Pacific Ocean from Ensenada, Mexico up to British Columbia in Canada. This shot was taken in Olympic National Park in Washington. Interesting fact of the day: purple sea urchins are important in biochemical research, because believe it or not, even though they lack a head structure, they share 7,700 genes with humans. Many of those shared genes are involved in sensing the environment. Oddly enough, they also have almost the same life expectancy as humans at just over 70 years. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 400, f/9 at 1/400th of a second
Great colourful & textured image.
Very interesting facts about their biology/psiognamy.
Nature always brings me back to ‘the Basics’.
Thank you for the post.
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For day two of Prince week, we have the purple sea urchin. These guys live near the shoreline in the Pacific Ocean from Ensenada, Mexico up to British Columbia in Canada. This shot was taken in Olympic National Park in Washington. Interesting fact of the day: purple sea urchins are important in biochemical research, because believe it or not, even though they lack a head structure, they share 7,700 genes with humans. Many of those shared genes are involved in sensing the environment. Oddly enough, they also have almost the same life expectancy as humans at just over 70 years.
Beautiful! I had no idea about their life expectancy. Remarkable – thanks for sharing, Sean!
So pretty!
Nice Seanie!!
—– Coastal animal
—– Sprig prickly as lavender
—– Enemy of moths .
Whaaaaaaaat? That’s crazy!
Wow, beautiful photo and very interesting facts. I’ve always been fascinated by the sea urchin.
Very cool. That little fact just blew my mind!!!
How absolutely beautiful and befitting… Thank you!
Such vibrant colors. Wonderful capture!
Great colourful & textured image.
Very interesting facts about their biology/psiognamy.
Nature always brings me back to ‘the Basics’.
Thank you for the post.
So pretty!