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Harun Yahya

              own bodies chemical substances found in the bodies of termites?
                   There is only one answer to all these questions: Some Power has
              informed these ants about the termites' security system. This Power
              knows how both ants and termites are made, because He has designed
              and created these ants' physical systems. God is the incomparable
              Power that created both these creatures. He knows everything, and

              has total knowledge of all creation:
                   Everyone in the heavens and Earth belongs to Him. All are sub-
                   missive to Him. It is He Who originated creation and then re-
                   generates it. That is very easy for Him. His is the most exalted
                   designation in the heavens and the Earth. He is the Almighty,
                   the All-Wise. (Surat ar-Rum: 26-27)


                   Another Means of Communication

                   Termites also communicate using sound. By striking the walls of
              the tunnels with their heads, worker and soldier termites produce vi-
              brations throughout their nest that summon other termites. The other

              termites feel this reverberation with extremely sensitive feelers in their
              legs.
                   The termites know that they will produce a reverberation
              throughout the nest by striking the tunnel walls with their heads and
              that this message will be understood by the other termites. This meth-
              od of communication resembles Morse code. Of course, someone must
              be trained in Morse code; no one can learn the code spontaneously by
              chance and make random sounds that others can understand. Both the
              sender and the receiver must know the code, or no matter how impor-

              tant the message, it can't be understood.
                   Just as Morse code cannot be learned spontaneously, so termites
              cannot have discovered their communication code by chance. Termites
              must know this communication system from the moment they are



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