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The Error of the Evolution
of Species

difficult for Darwinism. For this phenomenon, there is only

one explanation: The harmony between plants and animals
is a marvel of Creation. There is no chance of this system
developing over time through small random changes and
the mindless mechanisms of evolution.
Take, for example, the harmonious existence of the
hawk moth Xanthopan morganii and one species of
Madagascar orchid. To collect nectar, this moth extends its

proboscis, some 30 to 35 centimeters (11 to 13 inches) in
length, around 30 centimeters (11 inches) deep into the
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body of the orchid, and thus enables it to be fertilized. In
order to reach and fertilize the ovary at this depth, the moth
needs a proboscis of just such a length, In other words, the
two species must be totally compatible with one another.
This represents a major dilemma for evolutionists, be-
cause it is impossible for these two different species to have
undergone a parallel process of evolution, much less at the

same time.
Let us assume that the ancestors of the Madagascar or-
chid and the Xanthopan morganii moth had had, respec-
tively, much shorter nectary and a much shorter proboscis.
(This is the assumption that must be made, according to the
theory of evolution.) In that case, both species would have
extended their parts simultaneously. The hawk moth and

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