Deuteronomy 12:30“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.&...
Continue ReadingHabakkuk 1:14“And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?” One of the strangest creatures in the world is a rather reluctant fish called the mudskipper. Even though it is a fish, it can dig bu...
Continue ReadingProverbs 6:6“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise…” Picture this: The setting was the scientist’s weekend cottage. The scientist had placed a saucer of chocolate on a wooden stool inside a bowl partially fi...
Continue ReadingProverbs 8:12a, 22, 30-31a“I wisdom dwell with prudence…The Lord possessed me in the beginning of His way, before his works of old…Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;...
Continue ReadingProverbs 30:28“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king’s palaces.” About 10 percent of the 35,000 known species of spiders spin the familiar orb-shaped web. These amazing sticky silk constructions may be a few inches or eve...
Continue ReadingPsalm 26:6-7“I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, 0 LORD: That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.” One might expect that the ape would turn out to be the best animal...
Continue ReadingLuke 14:28-30“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19: 9, l0b“The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether…sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Scientists have long recognized that bees are intelligent creature...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:31“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” Many of us can remember how, in biology class, we had to learn how different animals reproduce. Some giv...
Continue ReadingMatthew 10:16 “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” Some animals use quite a bag of tricks to make their living or protect themselves. The puff adder (also known as the E...
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- Love With Eight ArmsWhile many people think that the octopus is an ugly creature, the octopus is intelligent. The mother octopus puts a lot of love and effort into the care of her young. Fertilized octopus eggs are about the size of a grain of rice. They are connected in clusters on slender stalks. Once her eggs are […]
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