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== Defense mechanism and intelligent design == | == Defense mechanism and intelligent design == | ||
| − | So complex and exact is the defence mechanism of the bombardier, involving secretion of hydroquinones and hydrogen peroxide in a 'reaction chamber' inside the very bowels of the beetle, that many creationists have championed the bug as | + | So complex and exact is the defence mechanism of the bombardier, involving secretion of hydroquinones and hydrogen peroxide in a 'reaction chamber' inside the very bowels of the beetle, that many creationists have championed the bug as evidence that [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary theory]] is a fallacy.<ref>Bomby the Bombardier Beetle, by Hazel Rue, ISBN 0-932766-13-7</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i1/beetle.asp</ref> |
Evolutionary biologists have postulated evolutionary accounts of these traits. <ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/bombardier.html Bombardier Beetles and the Argument of Design by Mark Isaak, 1997]</ref> | Evolutionary biologists have postulated evolutionary accounts of these traits. <ref>[http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/bombardier.html Bombardier Beetles and the Argument of Design by Mark Isaak, 1997]</ref> | ||
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Template:StubBombardier beetles are a family of ground beetles comprising over 500 individual species. When aggravated they have the ability to blast predators a noxious mix of chemicals from glands in their abdomen, hence the name 'Bombardier' beetle.
Defense mechanism and intelligent design
So complex and exact is the defence mechanism of the bombardier, involving secretion of hydroquinones and hydrogen peroxide in a 'reaction chamber' inside the very bowels of the beetle, that many creationists have championed the bug as evidence that evolutionary theory is a fallacy.[1][2]
Evolutionary biologists have postulated evolutionary accounts of these traits. [3]
References
- ↑ Bomby the Bombardier Beetle, by Hazel Rue, ISBN 0-932766-13-7
- ↑ http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v17/i1/beetle.asp
- ↑ Bombardier Beetles and the Argument of Design by Mark Isaak, 1997