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Golden Ratio Analysis To Kill A Mockingbird

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I did some more research into mathematics specifically in nature (biological and otherwise), and it turns out that a lot of nature is the result of mathematics.
Here are some examples:
(once again, the links are cool images)
The Golden Ratio is responsible for the spiral patterns in the nautilus' shell, the aloe plant, the number and pattern of petals on flowers, sea shells, hurricanes and galaxies, and the shape of an egg and even the human face and hands have their bases in the golden ratio.
The patterns seen in a spider's web are also based in mathematics to be the most efficient at catching prey.
The hexagonal wax cells of honeycomb also have their shape due to mathematics, the fact that they are the most efficient in parameter and are

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