THE HERO OF AN UNUSUAL BIRTH STORY: THE KANGAROO

Tha t livi ng t hi ng s c an keep th eir gener ati on going can onl y be pos sible thr ough the perf ect fu nc tio n in g of the i r r e pr odu ct i ve s ystems . T he repro duc ti ve sys te m is n ot enoug h by i ts elf either. Alt hough li ving beings c opulate an d bri ng ne w livi ng bei ngs into the world, their spe cies is st ill li kely to become exti nct i f they wer e not cre ate d po sse ssi ng t he in st in c t to p r ot ect a n d ca r e f or HARUN YAHYA t h e i r y o u n g . I f p a r e n t a l a f f e c t i o n , www.harunyahya.com a s p o s s e s s e d b y m o s t l i v i n g species , did not exist, species woul d become exti nct. At t his poi nt, those who ad voca te evo lu t io n tal k a b ou t "t h e c on scio u s ne ss o f bre eding g eneratio ns". Accor din g to them, just as every in divi dual spends a co ns iderable eff ort to pr ot ect it self, so m ust i t spend a n e ffort to bree d i ts s pec i es . However , it is evid ent t hat an a ni mal can no t th ink, "m y gen erat ion mus t conti nu e af te r m e, so I ha ve t o do w hat I can ". The a ni m al pro te cts and ca res f or i ts of f sp ri ng no t be c a us e it h o pes f or somet hing or e xpects some futur e b e nef i ts , b u t b eca us e it w as cre at ed so. These li ving thi ngs face great dif ficu lti es in guaran teeing the con tin ua tio n of the ir s peci es . They unquest iona bl y do w h at th ey do, not b e cau se t he y em p l o y lo g ic s uc h as " w e hav e to guaran te e t he c on ti nui ty of our species", bu t fro m the af fec ti on a nd me rc y gr an ted t o t he m by A llah . In fac t, t he rep ro du ctio n o f each l i vin g th in g is a mi rac le on i ts own. For example the repr oduct ive sys te m of kan ga ro os is q uite di ff er en t fr om t hat o f othe r mamma ls. The ka ng aroo embr yo goe s thro ug h some s t ag e s o u t s i d e t he wo mb , w hi c h no rma lly occur in th e w om b. Soo n af te r fert ili sati on , the bl ind kangaroo offspr in g, which is approx imat ely a centimet re, comes i nt o the worl d. Usu all y, onl y one is b o rn at a tim e. At th is stage, it is ca ll ed " ne on ate. " Wh i l e al l m am ma ls go thro ugh thi s sta ge in t he m othe r s w om b, t he kan ga ro o off spr ing com es i n to t h e w or ld w h en it i s on ly on e centimetr e lon g. I t has still not de vel ope d: its fore feet are i nd efi nite an d it s hi nd f eet are co mp ri sed o f s mal l p ro ject io ns . No d ou bt, t he of fspri ng cannot leave i ts mo th er in su ch a state . C om in g ou t o f th e w o mb , th e n eo nat e star ts t o m ove u p i n it s mot her 's fur w i th it s fo re legs an d r each e s t o it s mo t h ers p o u c h afte r a th ree- m in ut e j ou rn ey. The o ffsp ri ng r eachi ng t he m ot he r s pou ch at tache s it self t o one of the fou r n i ppl es t her e, a nd s ta rts to s uc kle. At this stage, t he mother goes t hrough ano ther ov ul atio n per iod a nd a ne w egg fo rm s i n it s w om b. T he female copulates o nce more and the new egg is fertilised. This time t he egg does not s tart t o devel op i mm ed ia te ly. I f d ro u gh t rage s i n M id d l e Au stra lia, a s is o ft en the c ase, the f erti li sed eg g in th e w om b rem ains u nd evel o ped u nt i l the dro ught i s ove r. I f, how eve r, he avy r ains fall and i f t here a re r ich pa st ures avai la b l e, t h en th e d eve lo p m en t o f t h e e gg rest ar t s. At t his st ag e, we are fa ced wi th the qu es tion: wh o mak es t hi s ca lc ul at i on ; who arr ang es t he development of t he egg according to the c ondi ti ons ou ts ide ? Th e e g g can not ma ke t his arr angement it sel f; it is not a compl ete li vi ng being, i t has no consci ousness, and it is t otally un aw are of th e w e ath er co nd i t io ns ou tside. The mot her cann ot make t his arrangement, because, like all ot her li ving things, it has no con trol o ver the dev el op m en ts tak in g p l ac e in it s bo d y. Th is ex trao r d in ary e ven t i s def i ni tely co n t ro l le d b y Al l ah, W ho has create d both t he e gg a nd t he mo ther. Wh en weat he r co n d it io n s are co n ven ie n t, t hi rtyth ree d ays aft er fe r ti l isa tio n , t h e ne w n e on at e, o n ly as big as a bean , c reeps u p fr om th e mo ut h o f th e w o m b a nd r each e s th e p ou ch ju st l ike i t s si b li n g d id . In th e m ean t im e, t he first n eo n at e in th e p o u c h has gr own con si der ab ly. It l ead s its lif e witho ut d oi ng any harm to i ts si bli ng , which is o nly one ce ntimet re l on g. W hen i t i s 19 0 d ays o ld, i t ha s gr own ma ture e no ug h t o m ake i ts fi rst j o ur ne y o ut si de the po uch. Fr om then on, i t st arts t o spe nd m ost of i ts tim e ou ts ide t he p ou ch and leave s th e pouch fo r goo d on t he 2 35t h day afte r its birth. Soon a fter t he bi rt h o f i ts sec on d of fspr ing, t he fema le cop ulat es agai n. Con sequ ently, t he f em al e has thr e e of fspri ng all de pen den t on he r. The first can fee d on gr ass bu t occasio nall y comes back to its mo th er to suc kl e; the se con d yo un ge r offspri ng is sti ll devel opin g by suck li n g; t he thi rd i s the n e on at e, w hich i s th e young es t. W h at i s mo r e ast on is h in g th an th a t al l t h ree off sp r in g, e ach in a d i ff er en t stag e of d evelo pm en t, are dep endent on the mo ther, is that al l thr ee o f fsp ri ng ar e f ed by d if fere n t typ es o f milk ac cordin g to t heir size s. W hil e t he mil k t he offspring suc kles as soon as it r eaches the ni pp l e i n t he p ou c h is t rans pa r en t an d co lo u rl ess, i t in crea sin gly tu rn s w h i te r a nd st art s to l oo k l ik e r ea l mi lk . The amou nt o f f a t a nd o t he r in gred ie nt s in t h e m ilk i n cr eas es i n parall el with th e devel op me nt of t he baby . As this young one keeps on su c kl i ng t he mi lk pr e pa r ed f o r it s own ne eds , a mor e ea sil y di ge sti bl e mi lk issu es fr om the n ippl e that t he s eco nd ba by re aches. Thu s, the bo dy of the mother si mul tane ously produ ces two t ypes of milk wi th di ffer ent ingred ient s. Whe n t he th ird is b or n, t he nu mber o f mi l k typ es produce d w ith di ffe r en t i ng redi en ts bec omes t hree: hi ghl y n ut rit ious milk fo r t h e o ld er, an d r elat ive ly l e ss f at ty and nut ri tious typ es o f m i lk f or t he young er . Anot her poin t to not e here is t hat ea ch offsp rin g fi nd s t he nipple special ly prepar ed for itsel f. Other wise, i t wou ld suc kl e mi l k w ith a n ing re dient lik el y to b e har m ful t o its bo dy, an d t he m ilk it suc kl es wou l d har m it . Thi s fee ding sys tem is ve ry r em arkable a nd i t is obvio usl y a s pe ci al p roduct of c re atio n. The m othe r ca n n o t, b y an y me ans, arr an ge all t h es e c on scio u s ly. How ca n an a nim al s pe cif y the i ngr edi ent s o f mi l k n e ede d b y i ts yo un g o f d if fe re n t siz es ? Eve n i f i t di d , how cou ld i t pro duc e i t in it s own bo dy? How co ul d i t di stri bute t he se th ro ugh t hree d if fer ent channel s? Dou btle ss, the ka nga r oo is n ot c apab le of doing a ny of th ese. I t i s not e ven a war e t hat t he milk d elive red by i ts body i s of three di ff er en t t ypes. T hi s won derf ul pr oc ess is un quest ionabl y an ou tcome o f t he cr eate d n a tu re of th is a ni ma l. Al lah is t he "Li fe-G iv er". H e i s the O ne Wh o ha s brough t al l l ivin g thi ngs into be ing an d He is t he One Who brin gs new livin g being s o ut f rom those H e created . A ll li vi ng t h in g s l i ve th a n ks t o H im . T h ey ow e th e ir l ive s n o t to th e ir p a re nt s, a s general ly supposed, but to All ah Who crea te d t h eir p aren ts as w e ll a s th em . In the Qu ran, A lla h says: It is H e w h o di sp erse d yo u abo ut the earth and you will be gathe red to Him. (Surat a lMu m in un : 79 )