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The Miracle of Silk 75

There is no doubt that all of this could not have come about by
chance, as the evolutionists maintain. The spider cannot create a new
system within its own body. It is not possible for it first to identify what
it will need and then locate them inside its own body. Such an idea is far
removed from the realms of science and logic.
It is definitely not possible for a system which produces silks with all
their different features to have come about by itself. Such a claim is simply
nonsense.
Of course God, Creator of the heavens and the earth, also created the
spider and this superb system. God it is Who creates everything
flawlessly and Who is aware of all creation.
...He has no partner in the Kingdom. He created everything and
determined it most exactly. (Surat al-Furqan: 2)

The Most Suitable Threads for Their Purpose
It is not widely known that spiders use more than one type of thread
when spinning their webs. Actually, spiders make different threads in
their bodies for different purposes. It is obvious what an important
characteristic this is when we consider spiders' lives. For it is essential that
the threads the spider walks about on, and those it uses to catch its prey
or to wrap it up tightly, should be different from one another. For
example, if the thread which the spider walks about on were as sticky as
that which it uses when hunting its prey, then the spider would also get
stuck in it, and that would lead to its death.

Let us consider an example. All spiders produce and use a variety of
silks, but the orb-weaving Araneid spiders appear to make the most
diverse use of them, and they produce the most familiar silken structure,
the orb-web. These spiders produce at least seven silks. These are, first,
the silk which constitutes the frame and radii of the orb-web and the
dragline upon which the spider lowers itself; and second, the viscid silk
which is used to form the catching spirals of the orb-web. In addition, the
spider produces a glue to coat the spiral silk; accessory fibres that