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Selfless Devotion of Creatures Within the Family

Often these animals tire endlessly in the effort to look after their
young. Birds, in particular, are often required to build nest after nest, in one
breeding season. While providing for their young in one nest, they have to
incubate the eggs in another. For instance, in the little ringed plover and the
grebes, both male and female, spend their days between incubating the
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eggs in one nest and feeding their young in the other.
More interestingly, in the water hen and window swallow species, the
young in the first nest help raise of the younger birds in the second. Many
bee-eater pairs aid other pairs. This type of cooperation among one another
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is common among birds. No doubt, every one of these acts of selfless de-
votion rocks the whole premise of the theory of evolution. Such higher be-
havior should not exist in a natural ecosystem that, according to the evo-
lutionists, has been formed by random chance and is populated by crea-
tures with no concern for any individual beyond themselves. However,
countless examples of altruism and helpfulness prove that nature is not the
product of chance, but has been created by a superior being.

Burrowing Owls

Many species of birds employ vari- bation period, and one or the other
ous skills to protect their eggs from will always guard the entrance
danger. For instance the burrowing leading to their nest. Should a
owl builds its nest three meters predatory bird try to enter, one of
(ten feet) underground, where it the birds will imitate the hissing
lays between 6 and 12 eggs. Males sound of a snake—so well that the
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assist the females during the incu- intruder is scared off.

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