The Red-Eyed Sniper Fish

0:00What fish can see in the dark? The answer next on today's Creation Moment. And now here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor. A fish known as the loose jaw or dragonfish has been found to have some remarkable abilities. At most, only 10 inches long, this deep sea fish lives at depths between 1500 and 4500 feet. Down there, the only light that gets through the water is a dim blue light. As a result, sighted creatures that live at those depths can see well in dim blue light, but virtually none of them can see light at the red end of the spectrum. None that is, but the dragonfish and that's its secret weapon. The dragonfish is the only known creature to have chlorophyll in its eyes. This compound gives the dragonfish the ability to see red light in the depths. But why would the dragonfish have these abilities if there is no red light to see? Well, he makes his own red light.

1:00The bioluminescent red light is invisible to the dragonfish's prey, but the dragonfish can see its own red light reflecting off the nearby prey. One researcher compared this remarkable tactic to a sniper who uses an infrared scope to cite his prey in the dark. Its unique ability to see red, whether it is no red light, cannot be explained by natural selection. Before it was supposedly evolved, the ability to see red light, how would it know about red light? And why would it have evolved the ability to create a color light it could not have known about? The dragonfish's sniper like ability to find its prey with light invisible to its prey bears powerful witness to a wise and powerful designer. To get our daily creation devotionals, newsletters, evidence videos and more conveniently delivered to your email inbox, join our free emailing list by visiting us at creationmoments.com or call us toll free at 1-842-Bible.