"and can walk out the door into nature and research the evidences for creation found in the animal and plant kingdom alone"
"Nearly all parasitica will inject into the host a small amount of venom, either prior to, or with the egg. In some species it will paralyse the victim but in many other where the paralysis is only temporay it contains a varied and complex mixture of chemicals and agents which help to modify the hosts tissues ( especially obvious in gall wasps ).
Tissue modification is a factor in nearly all venoms and enables the host to become more nutritious to the larvae as well as helping to overcome the hosts immune system. The latter being especially important for endoparasites, where the hosts immune system will attempt to encapsulate the egg to prevent invasion of the body. Many ways of circum navigating this are present, such as laying the egg directly into the brain (ganglion) where the immune system can not encapsulate it, but possibly the most devious is the use of Pol-DNA-Viruses which are injected with the venom of many endoparaites and have been shown to target and disable the hosts immune system, and so protecting the developing parasitiod larvae."
"The pork tapeworm is one of the most common disease-causing brain parasites. This parasite infects over 50 million people worldwide, and is the leading cause of brain seizures. It is usually contracted from eating undercooked pork, and once in the gut, it attaches to the intestine, and then grows to be several feet long. Under certain circumstances, these worms can also invade the brain, where thankfully they don’t grow to be quite so large."
"Most avian brood parasites have very short egg incubation periods and rapid nestling growth. This gives the parasitic nestling a head start on growth over its nestmates, allowing it to outcompete them. In cases where the host nestlings are significantly smaller than the parasite nestling, the hosts will often starve to death. Some brood parasites will eliminate all their nestmates shortly after hatching, either by ejecting them from the nest or killing them with sharp mandible hooks which fall off after a few days."
"The majority of spiders with serious bites possess a neurotoxic venom of some sort, though the specific manner in which the nervous system is attacked varies from spider to spider.
Widow spider venom contains components known as latrotoxins, which cause the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, stimulating muscle contractions. This can affect the body in several ways, including causing painful abdominal cramps, as well as interfering with respiration, and causing other systemic effects.
The venom of Australasian funnel-web spiders and mouse spiders works by opening sodium channels, causing excessive neural activity which interferes with normal bodily function.
The venom of Brazilian wandering spiders is also a potent neurotoxin, which attacks multiple types of ion channels. In addition, the venom contains high levels of serotonin, making an envenomation by this species particularly painful."
I could easily go on, but I think i've made my point.
