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Harun Yahya

Each cavity is a few millimeters in diameter and up to 5 mm (0.1
inch) deep. Its interior is divided in half by a membrane, forming
what's called the inner and outer chambers. In the snake's skull are
two trigeminal nerve branches that terminate towards the membrane.

The heat given off by the prey's body is turned into electrical signals,
and the trigeminal nerve serves to transmit these signals to the part of
the brain known as the terminus.
As the nerve branch nears this region, it begins to lose its special
sheath. At the end, it takes on a wide, dispersed structure ending in
tiny cell-like entities called mitochondria. When the heat stimulus
reaches them, it undergoes a structural change, thanks to which the
snake detects its prey. It is not yet fully understood how this detection
system actually works, though scientists commonly view that it takes
place through a very special complex process. 28

• The Importance of Control in the Heat Detection System
The snake's heat detection system operates independently of its
own body heat. It is activated as soon as the signal is received, but
does not react afterwards. This feature alone is enough to show that
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rattlesnakes' system is the product of a specially designed plan. If
these sensors reacted to the heat given off by the snakes own body,
they would constantly emit signals obscuring those from outside heat
sources, and the system would be useless.
But this does not occur, because God created rattlesnakes together
with their sophisticated infra-red detection.
Every single detail in this sensory system, unique to snakes, is
flawless. Every stage has been perfectly designed, right down to the
finest detail.

Adnan Oktar
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