Page 23 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

CHAPTER 1.

THE EXTRAORDINARY
VARIETY OF LIFE

ife can be found just about everywhere on
Earth, whether it's visible or not. Almost no
L place is without life forms of some kind. A
vast number of species live in all habitats, in close

harmony with both those environments and with
one another. From a drop of sea water to the
boundless oceans, from a handful of soil to whole
continents, from ice caps to thermal springs, from
many meters below the ground to the air you
breathe, from deep within our bodies to your own
skin...

In addition, the Earth plays host to living things
with very different body structures, internal sys-
tems, forms of behavior and characteristics: From a
bacterium just 1 millionth of a meter in size to a gi-
ant sequoia tree some 100 meters (328 feet) high
and 2,500 tons (5,512,000 pounds) in weight; from
deep-rooted trees to terns that fly 20,000 kilometers
(12,430 miles) on their migrations or salmon that