Above you see one branch of the maple tree and its leaves. The seeds in particular are what serve to me as a design in nature. Though there are many examples of design in nature, this one stuck out to me because of the unique way that the seeds help the tree to survive in nature. As each of the helicopter-like blades (as pictured above) falls to the ground, theystart to spin just as if when a helicopter is descending. This process causes the seeds to fall slower to the ground than any other seed you might find, causing the seed to gain maximum distance. Gaining maximum distance allows for seeds scattered out to actually become another tree in a wide range of the landscape around them. When you think about helicopters in the real world, this seed makes you wonder if the helicopter design actually originated from the maple seed!
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