Observatory: Exquisitely Tipped Teeth Let Sea Urchin Carve a Home From Stone

Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 11:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

It may be prickly on the outside, but the sea urchin’s spines hide — well, if not a heart of gold, at least teeth of calcite.

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