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Seed Dispersal

nuts it buries. In this way, the majority of the bertholletia tree’s large
heavy seeds are distributed to germinate in the earth. 42
The feeding habits of the agouti and the propagation system of
the bertholletia tree are remarkably well suited, but this compatibility
is not the result of coincidence. These living species have not dis-
covered one another by accident. The bertholletia tree can’t afford the
luxury of waiting for such an unconscious coincidence to happen, be-
cause this tree has been dependent on the agouti to propagate since the
very first day of its existence. It follows that these two species have
been created to be compatible with one another.
To clarify this situation with an example, imagine a television
with a remote control on the table beside it. You pick up the remote,
switch on the TV and flick through the channels. Probably you would
assume that the remote control has been designed to control the TV.
But what if someone else enters the room and says, “This remote cont-
rol and the TV have evolved over time as the result of a series of coin-
cidences, and eventually – also by chance – they’ve become
compatible.” You’d probably suspect that this person had taken leave
of his senses.
Yet the relationship between the bertholletia tree and the agouti is
far more complex than between a television and a remote control. The
systems of both living species have been organized to be mutually ben-
eficial. And where there is organization, naturally, there is an Or-
ganizer.
These living things have been created by one Creator, God. This
harmony, just one of the countless examples in nature, is undoubtedly
the product of a supreme intelligence. In His unbounded wisdom, God
has created these two life forms together with these characteristics.
There is no creature on the Earth which is not dependent upon God
for its provision. He knows where it lives and where it dies. They
are all in a clear book. (Qur’an, 11:6)