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It is part of general knowledge that there is not only one geometry but there are Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries.
The Euclidean geometry deals with circles, triangles and other geometric figures represented on a flat surface. When the same circles and triangles are laid out on the surface of the Earth, they do not obey the ordinary flat Euclidean geometry. With the introduction of the theory of relativity a multidimensional geometry was created which demanded a curved space-time geometry.
Relativity dealt with physical phenomena. The geometry patent in living organisms cannot obey the few dimensions that are enough for physicists. Three other dimensions: inheritance, development and environment must be included in the geometry displayed by animals. This turns out to be solely the result of molecular processes. Actually, every bird is a lesson in geometry due to the many geometric figures displayed by its body.
Of importance is that the many circles that can be seen around the eye extend to the peripihery of the head and spread to all the other parts of the body as far as the end of the tail. Horizontal and vertical lines are also part of this geometry.
The pattern is so regular that the structural evidence collected on the avian body was synthesized in a geometric disk.
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Lima-de-Faria, A. (2012). The Molecular Geometry. In: Molecular Geometry of Body Pattern in Birds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25301-0_8
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