Maurer/Timm Quail Ridge UCD Student Endowment

Order Books here

Original Poems and Thoughts website

Email Frank here: frankmaurer41@gmail.com

Poems and Thoughts by Frank Maurer

Search for:   All Poems   Topics   Titles   Help

Pill bugs and Trilobites opus 630

16 August 2025 2245 Hours Evolution
Pill bugs roll up in defense.
So did Trilobites, 500 million years ago.
Both are Arthropods,
One terrestrial, the other marine.
But that is enough said.
The Arthropoda group has greatly diverged.
Convergent evolution has led us to a conclusion--
Life at different times and places,
Often leads to a 'similar solution'.
Evolutionary histories diverge,
Manifesting the complexity and diversity on Earth.

(So called Sow bugs are similar, but can't roll up.)