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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

THE SPECIAL COOLING

SYSTEM OF GAZELLES

Air conditioners protect us from cold in winter and from heat in
summer. Yet humans are not the first beings to discover cooling
systems. Many creatures already have in their bodies cooling

systems that function like air conditioners.

We may give the fast running gazelles of Africa as an example.

Like many others, this animal, too, has to run away from its ene-
mies to survive because it does not have any other defense mec-

hanism. Yet this fast running increases its body heat excessively,
which is very dangerous for the gazelle because as the body heat

increases, so does the gazelle’s brain heat. However, in order for
the gazelle to survive, its brain heat needs to be cooler than that

of the body. So you may wonder how it is that gazelles don't die.

The answer to this question leads us to the fact of creation.

The brain of a gazelle is cooled by a special cooling system located

on the right side of its head. Gazelles and other fast-running ani-
mals have breathing canals. Hundreds of small blood veins spread

in the large blood accumulations behind these canals. The air the
gazelle inhales cools this area and hence the blood that passes

through these small blood veins. These small veins then unite in a

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