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Beavers build their lodges underwater. In order to enter, one has to pass
through a secret tunnel known only by the beaver that built that lodge. At
the end of the tunnel, there is a chamber where beavers live together with
their offspring.
Even these examples are sufficient for us to understand that there is intelli-
gence in the way living creatures act and that they employ very effective
methods to protect themselves. Besides, you may have noted that the
enemy of a species may be another species. However, all creatures know
their enemies very well and take elaborate precautions against them. It is
quite surprising that a termite or a bird, despite the fact that it lacks ad-
vanced intellectual functions, can know the features of another creature.
To grasp this matter better, think about yourself. Can you tell at first sight
the characteristics of an animal that you do not know and have not seen
before? Can you know what it feeds on, how it hunts and what it fears? Of
course you cannot. You need a book to read and to get information about
that creature or someone to tell you about its attributes. But how can ani-
mals have information about other creatures? Might they have found out
who their enemies are and then conducted a study of their behavior and
hunting methods, upon the basis of which they have developed suitable
precautions? Certainly not. No animal has the intellectual capabilities and
talent to do research. Besides, it would also be unreasonable and nonsen-
sical to think that animals gathered information about their enemies by
chance, because failing in the first attempt would mean death.
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