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the Lord of all the worlds and the Creator of everyt-

hing, reveals to the ant how to protect itself from mic-
robes.

Now let’s take birds as another example of living creatures that
should be protected against microbes. Microbes attack birds too,

but birds do not have a system in their bodies to produce protec-
tive substances as ants do. Consequently birds have found a diffe-

rent but equally practical solution to this problem. They go to and
lie on an ant’s nest, and wait for the ants to wander through their

feathers. Ants that search for food stroll among the bird’s feathers,
and the substance that kills the microbes is smeared on the bird’s

feathers as they do so. Thus, the bird is purified of microbes. How
do birds know that ants produce such a substance and that this

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