Page 59 - Allah is Known through Reason

False Eyes
There are some incredible and unimaginably interesting defence
methods in the animal world. One of these is false eyes. With such false
eyes, various butterfly, caterpillar and fish species convince their enemies
that they are 'dangerous'.
The butterflies in the left pictures open their wings as soon as they
sense a danger and display a pair of eyes on each of their wings which
appear quite threatening to their enemies.
Let us take our time and think: can these extremely convincing eyes
be the result of a coincidence? How does the butterfly know that a pair of
scary eyes appear when it opens its wings and that this view would fright-
en its enemy? Has the butterfly happened to see the pattern on its wings
and decided that this pattern was frightening and that it could use it in a
moment of danger?
Such a convincing pattern can be the result only of a conscious
design, not of coincidences. Moreover, it is by no means possible to think
that the butterfly is aware of the patterns on its wings and discovered this
as a defence tactic by itself. It is obvious that Allah, Who created the but-
terfly, bestowed on its body such a pattern and inspired in the animal the
instinct to use it in moments of danger.

On the left are the real head and eyes of the thornback ray fish. On the right, the fish
swims into its nest and leaves out its tail on which there is a pair of 'eyes'. Other fish
around it dare not to come close to it as the false eyes in the tail make them think that
it is awake.

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