Page 94 - The Miracle of Termites

Harun Yahya

layer of clay, prevent evaporation.
Without exception, every aspect of termite behavior is intelligent,
planned and calculated, requiring judgment and decision making. But
it is not logical to think that these are qualities inherent in termites.
They cannot display intelligence, think or make decisions. What, then,
is the source of this awareness among them?

It is God, the Creator of everything animate and inanimate in the
universe, Who has inspired in termites how to plan intelligently and
how to react in suddenly changing situations.
Everyone in heaven and Earth prostrates to God willingly or
unwillingly, as do their shadows in the morning and the even-
ing. Say: "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the Earth?" Say:
"God." Say: "So why have you taken protectors apart from Him

who possess no power to help or harm themselves?" Say: "Are
the blind and seeing equal? Or are darkness and light the same?
Or have they assigned partners to God who create as He creates,
so that all creating seems the same to them?" Say: "God is the
Creator of everything. He is the One, the All-Conquering."
(Surat ar-Ra'd:15-16)

Different Nests for Different Species

The outer appearance of termites' nests varies according to the cli-
mate where they are located. For example, some species in tropical
rainforests put on roofs with overhanging eaves which make their tall
mounds, look like pagodas and which serve to keep off the torrential
rains. This shape of nest resembling mushrooms is peculiar to tropical

termites, and termites living in arid zones do not use this technique to
build their nests. 44
No African termites build nests with such large roofed mounds.
Some of them do build graceful nests in the trunks of trees and then

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