We all come from star stuff, according to
astrophysicists. I may assume, then, that at least one of the particles of my
inner left elbow was once part of a distant sun.
Equally impressive, as vast and complex as the
universe is, its entirety is comprised of a limited set of elements. Science
intervenes at times, directing those building blocks of matter to become this
or that. Sometimes the cosmos spits out a platypus on its own.
What the bleep is the thing in this picture? What
series of un/natural molecular events unfolded to result in such foreboding
weirdness?