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velop and kill. It is not easy to find a cricket in a forested area.
This particular fly, however, is able to do this very easily thanks
to its ears, which are specially designed for the purpose.

The human brain uses the same method to determine the
direction of sounds. The sound reaches the closer ear first, and
then the one that is further away. The brain calculates the time
difference between the sound reaching the two ears, and thus

identifies the direction from which it came. In human beings,
this calculation is performed in 10 milliseconds. The fly Ormia,
however, performs the same calculation in a brain no larger

than a pinhead 1,000 times faster. 41
The designs in nature have always represented an infinite
source of inspiration. Many modern technological products ac-
tually imitate designs in nature. Obviously, copying systems

that have functioned flawlessly for millions of years makes
things a great deal easier for designers. For example, attempts
are being made to imitate the perfect design in this fly’s ear in

hearing aids and similar implements, under the name of
Ormiaphone. Such designs, which people can only imitate, demon-
strate that the power of creation belongs to God alone.

Computer Chip Warming and Butterfly Wings
There is a miracle in the design of a butterfly’s wing. Astudy

carried out at Tufts University revealed that each wing contains a
special cooling system. Since butterflies are cold-blooded, they
have to regulate their body temperature constantly. This repre-
sents a major problem, because as they fly, high temperatures de-

velop in their wings. However, this problem is resolved when the