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chemist and a miraculous designer as to be
able to organise its body according to the
reaction it will trigger. It is obvious that the
beetle performs these operations only as a
reflex, unaware of the outcome. No crea-
ture with such a superior power and wis-
dom exists in nature. Humans cannot
make such a creature. Creating such a
complex creature aside, scientists have not
even been able to make a protein - one of
the simplest foundational chemicals of life
- although they have samples of it in their
hand.
It is obvious that a being that has exalt-
ed knowledge and power - Allah - created
the animal. The "Bombardier Beetle", just
as billions of other things that are created, THE ACIDIC DEFENCE OF THE
is only one example of His boundless RED-FACED CATERPILLAR
power and matchless creation. The red-faced caterpillar, which has a similar defence
system to that of the bombardier beetle, squirts an
acid it produces in its own body at its attackers. It,
too, just as the bombardier beetle, is not an
extraordinary chemist, a magical biologist or a
miraculous designer, but a "sign" created as an
example of the existence and power of Allah.

THE SMELL BOMBS OF
THE SKUNK AND MARROW BUG

The sole feature of the chemical substance that
skunks (on the left) squirt on their enemies is its
awful smell. This disgusting and permanent smell is
enough to protect them from their enemies. The
marrow bug you see above is another animal with
the same defence mechanism.

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