Page 169 - The Miracle of Migration in Animals

HARUN YAHYA

on surface plankton. These young turtles settle in their feeding area
on the ocean floor and stay in the same place for decades until they
mature. When they reach adulthood, surprisingly they start their
journey back to where they were hatched.
From the time of their birth, turtles are solitary throughout their
lives, having little contact with other members of their species.
Consequently, other turtles cannot teach them where to migrate to,
how to feed, or where their breeding ground is to be found. So how
does a newly hatched turtle acquire all this knowledge?
As already stated, it is Almighty God Who gives all creatures the
skills they will require before they even come into the world, Who
teaches them what they need to do in their lives.
A turtle spends most of its life alone, but is created with charac-
teristics that enable it to live in this way. It is equipped with superior

skills to perceive environmental signs: a strong sense of smell and vi-
sion. Although it has no external ears, it can hear very low-frequency
sounds far beyond the range of the human auditory system.
The fact that it possesses all these complex systems is proof that
God the Omniscient has created it with such perfect characteristics
that it can live alone. Once again, people reflecting on this witness
God’s infinite power, and act with the knowledge that they are re-
sponsible to our Lord. In the Qur’an, God makes known that those
who act contrary to this are consumed by fire:
In the alternation of night and day and what God has created
in the heavens and the Earth there are signs for people who
guard against evil. As for those who do not expect to meet Us
and are content with the life of this world and at rest in it,
and those who are heedless of Our signs, their shelter will be
the Fire because of what they earned. (Qur’an, 10:6-8)

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