The Incredible Bombardier Beetle: Nature's Tiny Explosive Marvel

It seems impossible not to marvel at the wonders of Hashem, embodied in a small creature that reveals the immense wisdom inherent in creation.

In the past, one of the major challenges faced by manufacturers of explosives was how to store chemical substances close to each other without premature explosion. Indeed, a violent explosion occurred in the laboratory of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, and it was only by a miracle that he survived.

The Biological Bomb

In his book "Creation - The Origin of Life," Professor M. Torop presents the findings of recent research by a German scientist about an advanced biological bomb system that exists in nature. This system is so perfectly designed that it inspires awe. It is found in a living creature known as the bombardier beetle.

This beetle combats its enemies and wards them off using an extremely sophisticated bombing system. Beyond the beetle's sight and digestive systems, it also possesses another highly advanced system comprising two chemical laboratory chambers for producing explosives, along with a mixing chamber and bombing chambers...

A Tiny War Room

The system works as follows: in one of two primary chambers, a chemical called hydroquinone is produced, while the other produces hydrogen peroxide. When these two substances are mixed in a laboratory, an explosion immediately occurs.

Amazingly, within the beetle's body, these substances are secreted into a storage room where they remain peacefully without exploding and destroying the beetle. Thorough research revealed that this room contains a third substance that delays the explosion. So, when an enemy approaches and the beetle prepares for bombing, the storage room's gate opens, allowing the mixture to flow into the explosive cells.

At zero hour, when the predator's jaws are wide open and the beetle is nearly devoured, a special enzyme, composed of materials that neutralize the delaying substance, is secreted from a side tube. At that moment, a loud bang is heard, and two jets of boiling, foul-smelling liquid are shot directly at the stunned enemy's face, leaving it temporarily paralyzed, while the beetle calmly carries on as if nothing happened...

Who Designed All These?

Who planned the construction of the chemical chambers, storage rooms, and explosive cells in the correct and intelligent order? Who is the chemist who formulated the precise recipes to derive hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide from the beetle's food? Who is the chemist who developed the formula for the explosion-delaying substance as well as the substance that neutralizes the delay? Who determined the exact quantities needed in the mixture of these various substances? 

Who constructed the explosive cells to withstand the necessary pressure without themselves exploding as the beetle launches its payload at its foes? How does the beetle's navigation and control system manage to achieve split-second accuracy to perfectly time the release against the attacking enemy, just before capture? A split-second early release would render the bomb ineffective, while a split-second delay would lead to the explosion happening after the beetle has been swallowed by its predator…

In conclusion, we can only marvel that the beetle's entire length measures between 7-10 millimeters!