Female sea turtles dig their nests on the beach with their flippers—a painful, slow, and clumsy process that exposes their eggs to predators. Having more shovel-like flippers would help them do a better and faster job, but then they couldn’t swim as well.
The author assumes that God created animals with the purpose of being perfect in all ways. If that were true, then He would have had to create more of Himself! This is a short-sighted view. God created animals and creatures for man's benefit. To show evidence for God (Romans 1:20) and for His glory. There are a lot of incredible things about sea turtles. They are not supposed to be as good at digging as, say a mole. Nor are they able to climb trees or fly - which would also be helpful in many situations. Nor can they change colors to blend into their environment - which also would be handy. Can you think of anything on this planet that couldn't have some additional feature that would help it in some way? What a ludicrous argument.
