Page 78 - The World of Animals

In winter, these cute creatures, that belong to a group of 400000
members, decide to migrate south from the coast further into the icy

cold of Antarctica! This consensus they reach is a great miracle in

itself. That penguins understand the approach of winter, that they
collectively decide on a destination and time to migrate and their
compliance with all these decisions without objections from any of the

members can only be explained by Allah's overall control of them.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for thousands of penguins to reach
agreement and migrate to another habitat.
The migratory season is also the mating season for penguins. At this

time of the year what a penguin primarily does is choose a mate for

itself. The second step is to learn the song of the mate in order not to
lose her. In other words, the male penguin has the ability to
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distinguish a specific sound from all other sounds. Remember that it

is only by the Will of Allah that a penguin–a creature bereft of wisdom

and intelligence as understood by humans–can choose a mate for
himself among four hundred thousand penguins and recognise
her voice.

This sensitivity in distinguishing voices also

holds true for baby penguins. They can
recognise their parents by their voices alone.
If there were no such distinction among these

animals, who are very much alike one

another, chaos would be inevitable. The
unique order established by Allah for
penguins and the features given to them

secure an orderly life for penguins.