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This in turn proves that a conscious design also exists and its other name
is "Creation".
Another question to which evolutionists cannot find the answer is
how – apart from their using this venom without any harm coming to
themselves - they have learned to produce such a poison in their bod-
ies (in venom sacks). In fact, the answer is very clear and obvious: Like
all creatures in the universe, these ants with their perfect systems have
been created all at the one time. The One Who has created the venom
production centre in their bodies and Who has inspired them to use it
in the most logical manner is Allah, the Creator of the worlds.
Ants Who Can Count
How is a simple insect able to assess the strength of the enemy?
Interestingly enough, this is realized by the mathematical knowledge of
the ant.
There are several ways the ant workers might indirectly assess the
enemy strength. One of them is that they can "count heads" while shift-
ing from one combatant to another. If their nestmates outnumber the en-
emy – say three to one – they will be subjectively aware of the imbal-
ance in their favor and more inclined to press forward. If the reverse,
they will retreat. A second method is to poll the enemy. If a high per-
centage of the alien workers encountered are majors, the other colony
is probably large, because majors are produced in high numbers only
when colonies approach maturity. 73
Walking Bombs
The ultimate sacrifice in public service is to destroy enemies by com-
mitting suicide in defense of the colony. Many kinds of ants are pre-
pared to assume this kamikaze role in one way or another, but none
more dramatically than workers of a species of Camponotus of the saun-
dersi group living in the rain forests of Malaysia.
Discovered in 1970 by two entomologists, these ants are anatomical-
ly and behaviorally programmed to be walking bombs. Two huge
glands, filled with toxic secretions, run from the bases of the mandibles
all the way to the posterior tip of the body. When the ants are pressed
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