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Why Tran si tion From Wa ter to Land is Im pos si ble

                    volutionists claim that one  due to its relative scarcity on land.
                    day, a species dwelling in   For instance,, the skin has to be able
              E water somehow stepped onto       to permit a certain amount of water
              land and was transformed into a land-  loss, while also preventing excessive
              dwelling species.                  evaporation. That is why land-
               There are a number of obvious facts  dwelling creatures experience thirst,
              that render such a transition impossi-  something that sea-dwelling crea-
              ble:                               tures do not. For this reason, the skin
                                                 of sea-dwelling animals is not suit-
               1. Weight-bearing: Sea-dwelling   able for a nonaquatic habitat.
              creatures have no problem in bearing
              their own weight in the sea.        4. Kidneys: Sea-dwelling organisms
               However, most land-dwelling crea-  discharge waste materials, especially
              tures consume 40% of their energy  ammonia, by means of their aquatic
              just in carrying their bodies around.  environment. On land, water has to be
              Creatures making the transition from  used economically. This is why these
              water to land would at the same time  living beings have a kidney system.
              have had to develop new muscular   Thanks to the kidneys, ammonia is
              and skeletal systems (!) to meet this  stored by being converted into urea
              energy need, and this could not have  and the minimum amount of water is
              come about by chance mutations.    used during its excretion. In addition,
                                                 new systems are needed to provide
               2. Heat Retention: On land, the tem-  the kidney's functioning. In short, in
              perature can change quickly, and   order for the passage from water to
              fluctuates over a wide range. Land-  land to have occurred, living things
              dwelling creatures possess a physi-  without a kidney would have had to
              cal mechanism that can withstand   develop a kidney system all at once.
              such great temperature changes.
              However, in the sea, the temperature  5. Respiratory system: Fish
              changes slowly and within a narrower  "breathe" by taking in oxygen dis-
              range. A living organism with a body  solved in water that they pass
              system regulated according to the  through their gills. They canot live
              constant temperature of the sea    more than a few minutes out of water.
              would need to acquire a protective  In order to survive on land, they
              system to ensure minimum harm from  would have to acquire a perfect lung
              the temperature changes on land. It is  system all of a sudden.
              preposterous to claim that fish ac-
              quired such a system by random mu-  It is most certainly impossible that
              tations as soon as they stepped onto  all these dramatic physiological
              land.                              changes could have happened in the
                                                 same organism at the same time, and
               3. Water: Essential to metabolism,  all by chance.
              water needs to be used economically
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