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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

tions: Thick hair on the camel's body prevents the burning sun-
light from penetrating its skin. It also keeps the animal warm in
the cold. While desert camels are not affected by high tempera-
tures up to 70°C, double-humped camels can survive in cold
weather with temperatures going down to -52°C. This kind of
camel can survive even in high mountains 4000 meters above sea
level.
6. Protection from burning hot sand: The feet of the camel,
being very large in proportion to its body, helps the animal not to
get stuck in the sand because of its weight. The special thick skin
on the soles of the camel's feet acts as a protection from not desert
sand. Let us think in the light of these pieces of information: has
the camel on its own adapted its own body to desert conditions?
Has it by itself formed the mucus in its nose or the hump on its
back? Has it by itself formed its own nose and eye structures in
order to protect itself against tornadoes and storms? Has it by it-
self based its own blood and cell structures on the principle of
conservation of water? Has it itself chosen the type of hair cover-
ing its body? Has it on its own converted itself to a "ship of the
desert"?
Just as any other living being, the camel surely could not per-
form any of the above and make itself beneficial to mankind. The
verse in the Qur'an stating, "Have they not looked at the camel –
how it was created?" draws our attention to the creation of this ex-
cellent animal in the best way. Like all other creatures, the camel
too is endowed with many special qualities and then placed on
earth as a sign of the excellence of the Creator in creation.
Created with such superior physical features, the camel is

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