Back in June I shared a link to a blogpost about a “kids book”
the Institute for Creation Research published in 1991, called
Bomby the Bombardier Beetle. That book attempts to teach kids
that the system that bombardier beetles use to defend themselves
is irreducibly complex, based on a flawed description of how it
actually works. In the 21 years since the publication of that
book the ICR has at least learnt that their mechanism is
incorrect, but as the latest That’s a Fact video, Beetle Battle
shows, they haven’t let that persuade them that their anti-
evolutionary conclusion is false. We’ve all seen pictures of
animals doing battle, or predators stalking their unsuspecting
prey. Many of these creatures use brute strength, deadly venom,
unstoppable speed, or ferocious teeth and claws to survive these
deadly encounters. This video begins by going over the same
topic as the earlier video Sharp Teeth. And by ‘going over’ I
mean ‘contradicting,’ as the thesis for that video was that
these weapons originally had an