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THE MIRACLE IN THE MOSQUITO

Any creature within a maximum range of 30
metres (98 feet) can fall victim to a mosqui-
to. To the left is a mosquito biting a fox on
the nose. Below, mosquitoes drink the
blood of a frog from around the eyes.

found in the blood also attracts the mosquito; even when the con-
centration of these substances is diluted 2,000 times, the liquid is 5
times more attractive to mosquitoes than pure water. Moisture is
another important factor to attract mosquitoes.
In short, the mosquito is like a warplane loaded with heat,
gas, humidity and smell detectors. Even if it cannot see its prey in
the dark, it is equipped with superior systems for unerringly find-
ing it in the dark. It can identify the location of its prey from a dis-
tance of approximately 25 to 30 metres (82-98 feet).
It is obvious that such a special structure cannot be formed as
the result of a chain of coincidences. Let’s examine the impossibil-
ity of this.
We know that the female mosquito needs to suck blood from
her victims to satisfy the protein needs of the eggs. In order to ob-

tain this blood it is necessary to find a victim.
If we take the claims of evolutionary theory seriously, the
perceptive skills of the mosquito detailed above must have been
acquired in stages. But the mosquito doesn’t have the time to wait
thousands of years for its body to acquire a heat receptor by

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