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Left: An open Sun dew. Right: A closed one.

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ered with a fluid that has a smell that attracts insects. Another feature of the
fluid is its being extremely viscous. An insect that makes its way to the
source of the smell gets stuck in these viscous hairs. Shortly afterwards the
whole leaf is closed down on the insect that is already entangled in the hairs
and the plant extracts the protein essential for itself from the insect by di-
gesting it. 199
The endowment of a plant with no possibility of moving from its place
with such a faculty is no doubt the evident sign of a special creation. It is im-
possible for a plant to have developed such a hunting style out of its own
consciousness or will, or by way of coincidence. So, it is all the more impos-
sible to overlook the existence and might of the Creator Who has furnished it
with this ability.

The Creation Miracles in Bird Feathers
At first glance, bird feathers seem to have a very simple structure.
When we study them closer, however, we come across the very complex
structure of feathers that are light yet extremely strong and waterproof.
Birds should be as light as possible in order to fly easily. The feathers are
made up of keratin proteins keeping with this need. On both sides of the shaft
of a feather are vanes and each vane is made up of around 400 tiny barbs.
Each of these 400 barbs has a total of tinier 800 barbs, called barbules. Te 800
barbules which are crowded on a small bird feather, have another 20 little
hooks, or barbicels, on each of them. These barbicels interlock the barbules.