Considering the Bizarre Oilbird
Seems that some of the most unusual critters live in the Southern Hemisphere, and it is easy to wonder if our Creator made them to frustrate folks who deny his existence. This child thinks that is likely. Something to consider that baffles evolutionists is the oilbird.
If you study on it, there are some bewildering creatures. There's the duckbilled platypus that looks like it was made out of spare parts from other acts of creation, the misnamed "scaly anteater", the un-birdlike bird known as the Hoatzin, and others. The oilbird has an array of features that probably prompted more than one well-spoken scientist say, "Huh?"
The devil bird (well, some called it that because if the light hits their eyes just right, they look red) looks like just another raptor, ready to swoop down and eat rodents and such. But it lives on fruit. It has good eyesight for its night shift, because it is nocturnal. The oilbird also has a fondness for caves, and even pretends to be a bat because it can be seen hanging upside-down. Another similarity to bats is its echolocation. Scientists have nowhere to place it so it has been given its own family. This conglomeration is indeed a testimony of the intelligent design of the Creator — and maybe his sense of humor.
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The devil bird (well, some called it that because if the light hits their eyes just right, they look red) looks like just another raptor, ready to swoop down and eat rodents and such. But it lives on fruit. It has good eyesight for its night shift, because it is nocturnal. The oilbird also has a fondness for caves, and even pretends to be a bat because it can be seen hanging upside-down. Another similarity to bats is its echolocation. Scientists have nowhere to place it so it has been given its own family. This conglomeration is indeed a testimony of the intelligent design of the Creator — and maybe his sense of humor.
Oil let you read the entire article by having you click on "The super-senses of oilbirds — Bizarre birds elude an evolutionary explanation".What dwells in caves, has dolphin-like sonar, navigates like a bat, has eyes like a deep-sea fish, can hover like a kingfisher, finds its food by smell and can be boiled up to make oil?Oilbirds nest in large colonies on high, rocky ledges, often a good distance into the cave. They build their cone-shape nests from a mixture of regurgitated fruit pulp, their droppings and undigested seeds. Both parents share the task of incubating the clutch of two to four eggs for about 33 days, and the nestlings stay put for up to four months.A bird of course—but no ordinary bird. It’s the unique and intriguing oilbird (or Guacharo) of Central and northern South America—the only nocturnal, fruit-eating bird in the world. The great German explorer, Alexander von Humboldt, first drew attention to these bizarre birds. He observed oilbirds in a Venezuelan cave in 17991 and described them in the report of his travels a few years later.