The Humming Bird

The hummingbird is the smallest bird --- some species weigh no more than a dime. It has the highest rate of metabolism (at rest, about 50 times faster than man's) and thus must consume enormous amounts of nectar to avoid starvation. Not adapted for nightfeeding, it must stretch its food stores from dusk to dawn. To accomplish this, nature has equipped the hummingbird with a unique energy-saving design: the ability to hibernate overnight.

"During the night, the hummingbird's metabolic rate is only 1/15th as rapid as in the daytime, and its body temperature drops to that of the surrounding air. the bird is completely still, scarcely able to move. When it does stir, it moves as though congealed. By daybreak, the hummingbird's body spontaneously resumes its normal temperature and high metabolic rate, ready once again to dart off in search of food."

Isn't it amazing how "nature" was able to create such wonderful and complex mechanisms in our world? Isn't it too bad that men have to resort to the word "nature" because they are too embarrassed to say "God"?

Question: If evolution occurred over millions of years, how did the hummingbird survive while this handy little metabolic regulator was gradually evolving? "Nature's" blind and random process of evolution could never have solved such a problem. In truth, the all powerful and intelligent Almighty God wisely designed the bird to fit into his assigned habitat.

May 1989, ”Reason & Revelation,'Nature or God?'," Wayne Jackson.



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