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ing. Caterpillars hatched from eggs initially attach them-
selves to a twig using the same thread.
Soon after, they begin to spin their cocoons from another
silky fiber exuded from their body. A single caterpillar se-
cretes a silk thread that is, on average, about 900 to 1,500 me-
ters long. Innumerable caterpillars are born every day and
act in the same way. It is extremely irrational to claim that
each caterpillar learned such difficult and complex proce-
dures by chance and taught these to subsequent generations.
Allah gives different characteristics to every creature, and
these are identical in every new generation and do not
change or advance. A caterpillar is always a caterpillar, and
always spins the identical cocoon. This is the art of Allah,
Who has power over all things.

84. Living things are not altruistic only
toward their own offspring. In fact, they care

for and look after the offspring of other
members of the same species just as they do

for their own offspring. How do the
evolutionists explain this fact?

This fact completely invalidates the "struggle in nature"
claims of the evolutionists, who assert that living things care
only for their own offspring in order to transfer their genes
to the subsequent generation. This is why the theory of evo-
lution cannot explain why living things help other members
of the same species as well as their own offspring. We see
many examples of this in nature. Musk oxen herds protect
their young members from predators. When in danger, a
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