Sunday, July 21, 2013

Creation Moment 7/22/2013 - Golden orb-weaver spider fossil

G"LiveScience reports that scientists in Inner Mongolia, China, discovered an amazingly well-
preserved fossil female golden orb-weaver spider, named Nephila jurassica, which is supposedly 165 million years old. Golden orb-weaver spiders are big enough to catch birds and bats in their web. The silk they use in their web shines like gold when sunlight catches it. This particular fossil was buried in volcanic ash and much to the scientists surprise, looks “about as large as its modern relatives, with a body one inch (2.5 centimeters) wide and legs that reach up to 2.5 inches (6.3 cm) long. So, is this another example of a creature that lived ‘millions’ of years ago and yet is surprisingly similar to its modern counterpart? Absolutely. A similar example was reported in early 2010 by Wired Science. This particular fossil specimen, known as Eoplectreurys gertschi, was given the same age as Nephila jurassica. However, the Eoplectreurys specimen looks exactly like its living counterparts today."
CMI

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, ...... and creeping thing, ... and it was so.
Genesis 1:24