The researchers at ICR and at other creationist organizations have been investigating the presence, function and design of biochemical pathways.
Nathaniel Jeanson at ICR has also written on this topic.
God created predators, including those such as cats that are obligate carnivores, with their digestive systems unable to digest anything but meat effectively.
But he never intended these functions to be used.
God realized his mistake in creating Adam & Eve, so he only created that one human species. He took more delight in sprinkling the Earth with birds, mammals, fish, plants and microbes none of whom start wars or destroy their habitat.
jmho:)
http://www.currentresults.com/Environment-Facts/Plants-Animals/number-species.php
How many species are known to currently exist in the world.
Category
Species
Totals
Vertebrate Animals
Mammals 5,490
Birds 9,998
Reptiles 9,084
Amphibians 6,433
Fishes 31,300
Total Vertebrates 62,305
Invertebrate Animals
Insects 1,000,000
Spiders and scorpions 102,248
Molluscs 85,000
Crustaceans 47,000
Corals 2,175
Others 68,827
Total Invertebrates 1,305,250
Plants
Flowering plants (angiosperms) 281,821
Conifers (gymnosperms) 1,021
Ferns and horsetails 12,000
Mosses 16,236
Red and green algae 10,134
Total Plants 321,212
Others
Lichens 17,000
Mushrooms 31,496
Brown algae 3,067
Total Others 51,563
TOTAL SPECIES 1,740,330
The species totals do not include domestic animals such as sheep, goats and camels. Nor do they include single-celled organisms such as bacteria.
The alcohol reduced/eliminated the toxicity by denaturing those proteins, iirc.
Perhaps God’s point in making venomous snakes was this
http://science.education.nih.gov/AnimalResearch.nsf/Story1/Making+Medicines+from+Poisonous+Snakes
Amazing snake-y medical miracles are being discovered all the time.
Right now, there are people on FR whose lives are either being saved or maintained, courtesy of snakes, and they don’t even know it.