This Serpent Bears Witness to God’s Greatness

0:00The serpent that honors God, that's next on today's Creation Moment. And now here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor. When you are a small animal whose diet could injure or even kill you, eating can be positively dangerous. That danger increases if you belong to a family of animals that normally takes minutes or even hours to swallow your victim. The adult Texas thread snake is only about 6 or 8 inches long and a little thicker than a strand of spaghetti. And it has a jaw unlike any other creature. It eats ants that could seriously injure or kill it. As you may know, snakes generally take several minutes or even hours to swallow their food as they slowly stretch their jaw around their prey. But this method wouldn't work for the thread snake. Its lunch would have killed it by the time it was swallowed. So the thread snake has a lower jaw, filled with teeth and a hinge in the middle.

1:00As the lower jaw hinges in and out several times a second like a swinging door, ants disappear into the snake in the blink of an eye. Thus they are able to down dozens of ants a minute. The Texas thread snake is more than a witness to God's wise design. Its unique jaw structure is essential to its survival. If evolution is true, the Texas thread snake would have become extinct during the millions of years it waited around for evolution to find a solution to its problem. In addition, since there is no other vertebrate with a jaw like the Texas thread snake, what could it have evolved from? Unlike the serpent in the garden of Eden, the thread snake truly bears witness to God's greatness. If you'd like to read more about Creation Science and Biblical World View Issues, visit creationmoments.com for weekly blog posts, articles and antiques. Articles and answers to frequently asked questions or call us toll free in 1-800-42-Bible. That's 1-800-422-4253. And be sure to join us next time for another Creation Moment.