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DEVOTION AMONG ANIMALS

tries detects a predator, it makes a series of whistling sounds, echoed
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by the other animals on the lookout. That then sounds the alarm.
It's thought-provoking that animals warn each other out of their
devotion, but it's more important to notice that they can all under-
stand each other. A hare, for example, gives a warning signal by rais-
ing its tail, and all other nearby hares then take the necessary mea-
sures. They will leave the area if they must, and if they have to hide,
they'll do that too. But if hares know to run when they see this sig-
nal, they must have agreed it beforehand by communicating about it.
How else could they put it into practice all at once? To any rational
human being, this proposition is obviously unacceptable. We must
therefore acknowledge that these animals, having been created by
the one Creator, all act according to His directives.
The other example cited earlier was the birds that stand on the
backs of rhinos, who understand these birds' warning cry and re-

Prairie dogs are always on
guard and warn all other ani-
mals in the vicinity with their
cries of alarm.

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