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Selfless Devotion of Creatures Within the Family

riod of from four to five days, the larvae hatch and begin to feed on the
pollen and nectar readied for them.
It is noteworthy that the creature that distributes nectar where the
young can reach it and builds a system that will ensure healthy growth
for the young bees that will form the colony is not a being of intelli-
gence, but a little bee only a few centimeters in size.
Why is the queen bee so devoted? That's the first question that
jumps to mind. She'll derive no benefit from the young she feeds, espe-
cially since on the arrival of a new queen, she can be forced to leave the
colony for which she worked so hard and sacrificed so much. There can
be only one reason for the bumblebee to show such selfless devotion
and put so much effort into raising new generations: Like all other crea-
tures on Earth, the queen shows all this devotion because God directs
her to be devoted and raise new generations. This means that the crea-
tures of nature are not possessed by a selfish survival instinct as the evo-
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lutionists claim.

The Ice Dens of Polar Bears
When they are pregnant or have cubs, female polar bears living in
the freezing cold of the Arctic build themselves dens under the snow
and ice. Otherwise, they do not live in dens. Cubs are usually born in
midwinter—tiny, blind and naked. In the winter cold, a den is essential
for these dependent, defenseless cubs to survive.
A typical polar bear's den is a tunnel usually about two meters (6.5
feet) by 1.5 meters (5 feet) in size, and approximately one meter (3 feet)
in height. This common abode is not simply dug out. In an environment
entirely covered in ice and snow, it comprises essential details necessary
for the cubs' survival.
Usually these dens have more than one room, which are built
higher than the entrance. In this way, body heat from the chamber can-
not escape through the den's entrance. Throughout the winter, snow
piles onto the entrance and atop the den itself. In this great heap of

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