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Harun Yahya

Ants mainly communicate on the chemical level. These semio-
chemicals, known as pheromones, are chemical compounds that are
perceived by smell and secreted by internal glands. In addition, they
play the most important role in organising ant societies. When an ant
secretes a pheromone, the other ants receive it by means of smell or
taste and duly respond. Research into ant pheromones has revealed
that all signals are emitted according to the needs of the colony.
Moreover, the intensity of the pheromone emitted also varies according

to the urgency of the situation at hand. 174
As we have seen, ants require a profound knowledge of chemistry
to do what they do. The fact that the Qur'an emphasized this fact 1,400
years ago, a time when there was no such knowledge about ants, is
another one of its scientific mira-
cles. (See Harun Yahya,
The Miracle in the Ant,
Goodword Books,
New Delhi, 2002)

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