{"id":148,"date":"2012-11-14T19:15:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T19:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2022-08-15T19:55:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T19:55:28","slug":"one-of-the-strongest-creatures-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/one-of-the-strongest-creatures-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the Strongest Creatures on Earth!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_5-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150\" width=\"510\" height=\"312\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s one of the strongest creatures on earth with the ability to lift 10 times his body weight&nbsp;and, as if that\u2019s not enough, he\u2019s also a modern day dragon\u2026the only creature with the ability to produce fire to defend himself. The creature?&nbsp; The unlikely&nbsp;<em>bombardier beetle \u2013<\/em>&nbsp;and this tiny bug has really been bugging evolutionary theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_1-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151\" width=\"508\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_1-2.png 337w, https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_1-2-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>David Hames, the host of our show, grew up outside of Atlanta, Georgia and&nbsp;was no stranger to the bombardier.&nbsp;One day while wearing&nbsp;shorts and out fishing a bombardier landed on his thigh and decided that David was a threat. The result was a blast of fire that left a scar&nbsp;that looked like someone had extinguished a cigarette on David\u2019s leg! So when it came time to introduce this tiny creature David had first hand knowledge of it\u2019s power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What has been bugging evolutionists about this beetle is its remarkable abilities and the problems they pose for slow process evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_2-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152\" width=\"506\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_2-2.png 376w, https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot_2-2-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bomber has three unique chambers in it body. Two contain explosive chemicals and when mixed in its third chamber that holds a catalyst &#8211; they explode!&nbsp;&nbsp;Twin tail tubes at the back of the insect can rotate 360 degrees to direct this \u2018blow torch\u2019 toward any encroaching threat. Now this begs the question: How did such a complex system evolve?&nbsp;&nbsp;Can evolution explain this? It simply can\u2019t. The tiny bombardier beetle burns down their theories and is a giant illustration of God\u2019s planned design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bombarder Beetle is features in \u201cIncredible Creatures That Defy Evolution I\u201d.<br><strong>To learn more:<\/strong><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/INCREDIBLE_CREATURES_I.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/INCREDIBLE_CREATURES_I.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s one of the strongest creatures on earth with the ability to lift 10 times his body weight&nbsp;and, as if that\u2019s not enough, he\u2019s also a modern day dragon\u2026the only creature with the ability to produce fire to defend himself. The creature?&nbsp; The unlikely&nbsp;bombardier beetle \u2013&nbsp;and this tiny bug has really been bugging evolutionary theory&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature-and-science","main-post"],"wbAuthor":{"name":"stevegreisen","link":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/author\/stevegreisen\/"},"wbDate":"Nov 14, 2012","wbCategories":{"space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/category\/nature-and-science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Nature and Science<\/a>","coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/category\/nature-and-science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Nature and Science<\/a>"},"wbComment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorationfilms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}