Psalm 102:5-6“By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.” The creosote shrub is common in the desert of the American Southwest and northern Mexico. T...

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Leviticus 11:19 “And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.” Imagine this – you’re a carnivorous pitcher plant with no scent to attract insects. Even worse, though most pitcher plants are designed to kill in...

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Esther 1:11 “To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.” In Italian, its name means beautiful woman. The belladonna plant first received this name...

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1 John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” “Leaves of three, let them be.” “One, two, three … don&#...

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Revelation 21:4“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Bacteria and fungi form biofilms on ...

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Ecclesiastes 4:9“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.” We all know that there is strength in numbers. Many animals have even discovered this and, for example, migrate in large herds. However, one would nev...

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Ezekiel 47:12b“…and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.” When they have a headache or perhaps a toothache, many people take an aspirin. It turns out that many plants do almost the same thing when they ...

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1 John 1:9“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Perhaps you have a self-cleaning oven in your kitchen, and if you have small children in your house, you’ve p...

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  • The Unique Bdellas
    Scientists describe the creatures as mean, greedy and anti-social. They are also impressive chemists. That’s some reputation for a creature whose lifespan is only four hours. The short form of this microscopic creature’s name is simply bdella. Bdellas are predatory bacteria that live in fresh and salt water as well as in sewage. In the […]

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