Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The Bombardier beetle

Yesterday we saw some amazing defense mechanisms of several animals and insects.

We mentioned that the folks wearing the Evolutionary World view glasses would say that these various defense mechanisms just happened by chance as the animals evolved.

Well, think about it. Do you really think that those complex mechanisms just happened by chance?

We could look at each of the 9 mechanisms mentioned yesterday but, for sake of time, let’s look at just one of these fascinating defense mechanisms and see whether it seems likely it could have happened just by chance.

Specifically, let’s look at the amazing Bombardier Beetle.

It has a defense apparatus that shoots a hot (about 212°F, i.e. boiling hot!) mixture of chemicals out of a swivel nozzle into the face of its predators. Wow!

Among the several articles 'out there on the net' that explain how its defense mechanism works, here are 2 you will want to read and decide for yourself if this could have happened by chance.

HERE’S THE LINK TO THE FIRST ARTICLE

and
HERE’S THE LINK TO THE SECOND ARTICLE.