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The Neck of the Giraffe goes on to discuss the bombardier beetle, which squirts a lethal mixture of hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide into the face of its enemy. These two chemicals, when mixed together, literally explode. So in order to store them inside its body, the Bombardier Beetle has evolved a chemical inhibitor to make them harmless. At the moment the beetle squirts the liquid out of its tail, an antiinhibitor is added to make the mixture explosive once again. The chain of events that could have led to the evolution of such a complex, coordinated and subtle process is beyond ...more
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why would God create something so ridiculous?
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
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