This is the biologist googly-eyed dazzled-with-biological-complexity effect that my friends and I used to describe as "because little fishes have eyes!" Be warned: once infected with the appreciation for biological beauty, there is no cure. :)
This is why I love xkcd. How is it possible I still run into people all the time who don't read it???
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