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The Characteristics of the Jumping Spider 51
The ability of the
jumping spider's
eyes to see
independently of
the others
enables bodies
to be perceived
more quickly.
This capacity,
Two of the spider's eyes extend proof of God's
forward from the middle of its head.
These two large eyes can move left great knowledge,
and right and up and down in their makes the
sockets. Their retina of four tiers,
sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths, jumping spider a
give perfect vision. The other four master hunter.
eyes on the side of its
head can make out any
movement around it.
This enables the
spider sense prey
or foe in any
quadrant.
Let us think about what we have learned about the jumping spider
so far. Its bodily construction is such as to enable it to make swift moves,
and catch its prey with one jump. In the same way its eyes allow it to see
its prey from any direction.
Naturally, the spider did not think that these extra eyes might be
useful to it and then make them. And these eyes did not come about by
chance. The animal was created, together with its characteristics, by God.
The theory of evolution, which cannot explain how even one eye came
into existence, is unable to make any comment concerning the jumping
spider's eight eyes and the perfect coordination between them.