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THE MIRACLE OF MIGRATION IN ANIMALS

Scientists studying the long journeys baleen whales make
to their special feeding and breeding grounds are curious about
the methods they use to navigate. The most common explana-
tion is that whales have a structure for detecting relative differ-
ences in the Earth’s magnetic field. It is thought that there are
deposits of magnetite for this purpose in the tissues surround-
ing the brain. By using the world’s magnetic field, whales ac-
quire a simple map and a timer that let them determine their
position and move forward by perceiving small differences in
the regional magnetic field.

Each piece of information related up to now is one link in a
chain of miracles. God knows from the outset what young
whales will need and what their body structure will be like.
Because God creates the whole universe, from the Earth to the
sky, and continues to create each and every moment, His knowl-
edge is all-embracing.
After they have given birth, these whales cannot know
where they will be able to find food and how to get to that re-
gion. Each one of these creatures’ physical perfection, intelli-

gence, and organization is evidence of the creation that leaves
no room for doubt. Everyone who knows these things acknowl-
edges that they could never result from coincidences. They
would not claim that a seagoing mammal had enough rational

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