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Harun Yahya

                   Symbiosis: a Balance Within a Balance
                   Among the many examples of symbiosis in nature is that of ter-

              mites and the unicellular protozoa living in their intestines. The flag-
              ellates that live and move about with their flagella in the termites' in-
              testines possess special enzymes able to break down the cellulose of
              the ingested wood and making it utilizable for themselves and their
              hosts. This process takes place in a special section of the termites' in-
              testinal tract that has widened to form a fermentation chamber. The
              flagellates multiply profusely, supplying their hosts with not only di-
              gestible carbohydrates but also with their necessary protein—because
              the surplus population of these small organisms is itself digested in

              the termites' gut. 23
                   These single-celled protozoa could not survive on their own and
              so they become attached to termites and other insects. On the other
              hand, if these single-celled creatures did not exist, termites could not
              digest the cellulose in wood and provide energy for themselves.
                   For this reason, the two creatures must have come together at the
              same time. If termites were born in the absence of these single-celled

              creatures, they would die from being unable to digest their food. But
              as usual, evolutionists assert that these creatures came into existence
              in various ways through some imaginary process of evolution and lat-
              er decided to enter into a symbiotic relationship with one another. But
              then, evolutionists are bound to answer the question of how termites
              and the protozoa could manage to survive before they encountered
              each other.
                   What contradicts evolutionist claims in this symbiosis is that
              these two creatures must have come into existence at the same time.

              Evolutionist claims assume that creatures are in a state of constant de-
              velopment, choosing whatever ways of behavior are most beneficial
              and advantageous for them. This being the case, the symbiotic rela-



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