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False Click Beetle (Eucnemidae)
Period: Oligocene
Age: 25 million years
Region: Dominican Republic
These insects, members of the family Eucnemidae, resemble true click beetles, but are distingu-
ished from them by various anatomical differences. Like true click beetles, false click beetles are
able to leap into the air, although a small group belonging to the species lack this ability.
It is of vital importance for beetles to be able to right themselves when they are turned over on
their backs. This is when the click beetle’s ability to leap into the air comes into play. When click
beetles are turned over on their backs, they right themselves by leaping up thanks to a special
organ in their thorax.
Like all other living things, beetles never evolved, but were created by Allah with all the attri-
butes they possess today. The false click beetle in the picture is one piece of evidence proving
the fact of creation.
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