Page 111 - The Miracle in the Spider

The Miracle of Creation 111

Venom-Pumping Fangs
The spider has two powerful fangs in front of its eyes. These fangs
are weapons the spider uses for hunting and for protection. Behind each
fang is a venom gland which pours its lethal poison into a poison hook.
When the spider wishes to immobilise its prey, it sinks its fangs into it.
Then it pumps venom into its victim's body through holes in its fangs.
Spiders also use these fearsome, deadly tools for building their nests
and carrying small objects. To the side of the fangs are two extensions,
instead of antennae, called pedipalps (feelers). The spider uses these to
examine the victim it has caught in its web.
As we have seen, spiders' sensory systems are of a very special
design. It is clear that this system invalidates the claim of the theory
evolution of development over time. Alongside this, it is impossible to
explain the existence of systems whereby the spider produces lethal
poison within its own body by coincidence.
The venom's chemical make-up allows it to kill insects. In order that
it should not harm the spider, the venom is stored in a specially insulated
area. In the same way the spider's fangs are extremely functional. The
venom-pumping mechanisms being located inside the tissue-cutting
fangs allows the transfer of the venom into the victim. In this way the
fangs work like a chemical, as well as a physical weapon. This
demonstrates once again that every part of
the spider's body has special planning, which
cannot be explained by coincidences,
mutations, or any other imaginary
evolutionary mechanism.
The spider, together with all its
properties, was created by God. All these
properties are evidence for us of God's art.

The spider's fangs