Almost every evening recently we’ve heard a Great Horned Owl hunting in the woods behind our house. Since they’re nocturnal, we’ve rarely been lucky enough to glimpse one, but it’s captivating just to listen to the hoo-hoos echoing through the valley.
 
This slow-motion video aids our imagination by providing an up-close look at an owl (not sure, but it looks like a Great Horned) coming in for the kill. Wow – I’d hate to be the prey it’s zooming in on!
 

 
Now seriously, how did this marvel of engineering “evolve” from say – pond scum – or even another avian species? Even factoring in millions of years of adaptations? Did prey suddenly decide to turn predator? And did it achieve that transformation through random, purposeless, directionless processes? Creation-Evolution Headlines points out the extreme improbability behind such theories;

Mutations are almost all harmful or neutral. Beneficial mutations, almost unknown in genetics (the controversial examples often with damaging pleiotropic side effects) could never accumulate fast enough to create any of (the owl’s amazing abilities)…
An environment cannot create an adaptation any more than a mountain can create a mountain climber. Let’s rid ourselves of evolutionary myths and face the facts of nature with humility and wonder.

 
And let’s recognize that – instead of being evolved – the owl clearly appears to be beautifully designed to function perfectly, as a silent but deadly nocturnal flying machine.
 

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