by Yitzi Weiner | Sep 3, 2017 | Wonders of Hashem's Design
Imagine a tiny creature that looks so delicate that the slightest wind might blow it over. Then this little thing lands on a hard tree trunk, and begins thumping with something that looks as delicate and frail as the leg of a daddy-long-legs. Frail? that antennae of...
by Yitzi Weiner | Aug 28, 2017 | Wonders of Hashem's Design
This little creature is somewhat like a seahorse, but it is shaped like a tiny vertical pipe, 1/4 of an inch wide and 6 inches long. The pipefish can change its colors from brown to green to match the grass it is in. It has special cells which send a signal to the...
by Yitzi Weiner | Aug 10, 2017 | Wonders of Hashem's Design
The common mime is a butterfly that lives on the island of Sri Lanka, off the coast of India. Consider this interesting life history that required a lot of brilliant planning to originate. We find here five mimic stages in its life: The golden egg is laid on the...
by Yitzi Weiner | Jul 7, 2017 | Wonders of Hashem's Design
Spiders go higher in the sky than any other living creature on our planet. This is part of their way of taking long-distance journeys to new lands. The mother spider carries her babies in a brown bag. Inside the bag are about 200 baby spiders, each one the size of a...
by Yitzi Weiner | Jun 30, 2017 | Wonders of Hashem's Design
–The Hermit Crab is a small crab which lives in the shallower parts of the ocean. It spends its first year in the ocean as a gill breather. For its second year, it lives on trees and occasionally gets into the water to get its gills wet, even though it can...
by Yitzi Weiner | Jun 23, 2017 | Wonders of Hashem's Design
Butterflies of the genus Heliconius only lay their eggs on the tropical vine, the Passiflora, which is the passion-flower plant. The vine has features which appear to mimic the distinctive bright yellow eggs of the butterfly. Each species of this butterfly lays its...
