All the numberless different solutions that evolution had come up with under all the different stars, and all responding-more or less-to the same pressures. Eyes on every world. Mouths near the sense organs, because things with feeding coordination did better than things without. (Daniel Abraham)

All the numberless different solutions that evolution had come up with under all the different stars, and all responding-more or less-to the same pressures. Eyes on every world. Mouths near the sense organs, because things with feeding coordination did better than things without.

Daniel Abraham

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