What is the most stable geometric shape that appears in nature?

Subject: What is the most stable geometric shape that appears in nature?

Date: Thu Jun 16 08:24:35 2005
Posted by Robert
Grade level: teacher/prof School: No school entered.
City: Dallas State/Province: TX Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1118928275.Es

Message:


I posed the question to a group of peers and there seems to be some debate.  
The hexagon in a beehive seems to be the most prominant answer, but I am also 
getting sphere and tetrahedron.

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