Hi ,
By definition, a suicide bomber will kill him/herself while simultaneously doing maximum damage to the enemy. In humans, this is always motivated by political or religious goals.
But, not the original suicide bomber! The original one operates purely for defense. It's found in an insect, a termite! This particular variety is found in French Guiana. These termites have a queen, like ants, so that the colony keeps growing. Some of the termites produced are soldiers, and are designed with larger jaws to protect the colony. The others are workers that have various tasks. The workers are not
responsible for defense in normal conditions, but in this particular variety, they have a very unique role!
As they age, they produce a blue chemical in a dorsal pouch, which is the area between the abdomen and the thorax. It appears as two blue dots just below the skin. Just behind this area, another chemical also appears in separate pouches. Both of these chemicals, when separate from each other, are harmless. Once the pouches are in essence "full", the termite is now potentially a suicide bomber! Here's what happens...
Once an attack occurs, often by marauding ants, the termites can sense the ants' presence. The termite is a very soft target for an attacking ant. When an ant attacks one of these termites, the pressurized backpack instantly explodes and simultaneously the two chemicals are mixed. At that point they are highly sticky and lethal to the attacking ant. The other ants will approach out of curiosity, and when they touch
any of the toxin, they too are doomed! But these ants, suddenly realizing that something is wrong, will also start releasing pheromones of panic, which rapidly transmit to the other ants, causing mass confusion among the ants, and the attack is thwarted!
NO WAY! How amazing! Common sense will tell you that this is design, pure and simple. There's no hiding all these steps, chemicals, pheromones, etc., behind millions of years of blind chance!
