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ated them. It is crystal clear to those who can take heed and use their in-
tellect. Allah commands in the Qur’an:
..."The Lord of the East and the West and everything between them if you
used your intellect." (Surat ash-Shu‘ara’: 28)
THE STRENGTH
OF WOODPECKERS
Woodpeckers make their nests and food
stores by pecking holes in trees. The speed at
which a woodpecker bores into a tree with its
bill is approximately 40 kilometers/hour (25
miles/hour). This, in fact, is an extraordinary speed that might have dam-
aged the woodpecker. However, there is a special locking system in the
bird’s beak so that it does not sustain injury. If this special system did not
exist, the woodpecker's beak would crack in two because of that high speed.
Besides, if the impact of the stroke went directly to the brain, then the bird
would lose consciousness. Yet, such a thing never happens since Allah cre-
ated the bird together with what it needs. The woodpecker's brain is placed
at the same level as its beak. Muscles on the lower part of the beak act like
“shock absorbers” and reduce the shock that occurs while boring into the
tree.
W O N D E R F U L C R E A T U R E S
