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Only the two insects on the sides are
ants, the one in the middle being a jump-
ing spider, which has one more pair of
legs than ants.
JUMPING SPIDER
Age: 50 million years
Period: Eocene
Location: Poland
Some species of jumping spider are at the same time masters of camouflage. The Myrmarachne
species of jumping spider, for instance, imitates ants—and not only their appearance, but also
their behavior. The spider, having two more legs than an ant's six, raises its two front legs in
such a way as to resemble antennae, thus mimicking the ant's six-legged appearance.
But how did this spider compare its own appearance to that of ants? And with what intelli-
gence did it work out how to minimize the differences between the two species?
Moreover, spiders that lived millions of years ago possessed exactly the same ability. It is im-
possible for Darwinists to account for this in terms of any evolutionary mechanism. No doubt
that, like all other living things, spiders act under the inspiration of God and use the charac-
teristics and abilities that He bestowed on them.
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