The bat:
does not have a keeled.(bent,
rounded, curved).sternum.(breastbone).like
birds. Bird's are quite different, especially
the
hummingbird.
Bats
are very different from
birds
who have far fewer but larger muscles on the chest, providing the power
for wing movement. If evolution be true, why didn't it make one type so
well suited for all flying things? Why also are the muscles different?
They are lighter than bird muscles. Why didn't evolution equip the bat
with heavier muscles and radar with a greater range and a bigger appetite
so there would not be as many mosquitoes? Bats have membranes. Birds
have feathers. And insects fly with their own set of unique wings.
Very complex specialization is required and evident in both bats and birds.
Without studying the design of a bird's wing, we may not yet have been
flying airplanes.
The similarities shared
between bat types.(i.e..Flying
Foxes and other bats).are
rather quite distinct,
implying
separate
design.
Here is another excerpt
from the conjectural
'kiddy' story I call evolution; this one from.Bats
of the World, Gary L. Graham, 1994, Golden Press, New York:."Some
scientists believe that bat ancestors were small shrew
like mammals that chased insects among the leaves of trees and evolved
limb membranes that enabled them to glide from branch to branch. The transition
from a fixed limb, like that of a flying squirrel, to a movable wing was
a critical step in the development of bat flight and evolution. It allowed
bats to pursue prey above trees.".Let's
continue their story for them: 'And once able to do that, somehow they
were able to develop the ability to rise higher and higher, even above
the eagles, dear children. Now let me finish the story and then you all
can go out for recess.
'So once able to rise higher
than the eagles, the bats developed an important evolutionary ability to
live off the photons
coming from the Sun. Wanting to get closer to their source of food, they
somehow found a way to adapt their existence in living without the oxygen
that we breathe here on Earth. Very soon they began adapting to be able
to take this critical evolutionary step. From here children, they got closer
and closer to the Sun, adapting to the Sun's intense heat by developing
protection much like the space ship Columbia with its tiles. Now because
of this wonderful evolutionary ability, dear children, we no longer have
to worry about those awful vampire bats, because they now stay in the higher
sky close to the Sun. Now you can go for recess, dear children.'
The signals bats emit
are loud; 110 decibels, louder than a smoke alarm going off and are produced
beyond being able to be heard by humans by very thin vocal cords.
Vampire bats, common in
Argentina, Chile and Mexico, use chemicals to counter the anti bleeding
defenses of their prey. The bat's saliva contains ingredients that inhibit
clotting and promote local bleeding, so the bat is able to get its needed
two tablespoons of blood each day. Why the Vampire bat evolved.(as
evolutionists believe).the
more complicated.(than
other bats).ability
to eat blood, when there is plenty of other bat food available, is another
enigma
for evolution.
Toothed whales, dolphins
and shrews
also use biosonar.(echolocation).
Moths
and butterflies:.Moths
have great sniffers. The male moth can detect the female's scent from up
to 1.8 miles.(3
kilometers).
Moths, beetles and crickets
have bat detectors, ears that can detect a bat's signal. Moths hear best
at the frequencies bats emit.
The average moth can detect a bat's ultrasonic
sounds at 40 meters, 30 meters before the bat detects the moth. Tiger moths.(to
the chagrin
of evolution).alert
the bat to their presence by a series of clicking sounds,
seemingly
allowing themselves to be food for the bat. Tiger moths also show forth
the
handicap principle.
Butterflies have their taste
buds in their feet! And they
help in reducing credit card fraud.
Katydid:.These
are related to grasshoppers and crickets. Their wings appear as leaves,
perfectly serving as camouflage.
The Cycloptera speculata of Ecuador, perfectly mimics
a leaf.(as
does the sea dragon).with
its brown blemishes on the wings, even resembling a leaf's area of decay
and its veins perfectly and I do mean perfectly mirroring those of the
leaf, complete down to the small rot holes a leaf may have. This insect's
wings are remarkably like that of a leaf. It can even straighten out its
back legs to its rear where they resemble leaf stalks. ...Focus Magazine,
December 1999, page 15. Many
animals have camouflage capabilities.
Porphyromma:
part of the largest family of katydids.(Tettigoniidae),
which has 5000 species all with 'ears' on their front legs. They live in
the Amazon jungle where its song rings out loudly at night. It is a fantastic
leaf mimic and
has the added defense measure of eyespots on its hind wings which fool.(bum
biting).birds
into snapping at its rear end rather than its head.
