Thanks to snorkel-like organs, the mosquito larvae can carry on their lives in the water with ease. However, there is a danger inherent in breathing through a snorkel. Waves forming on the water or the effect of wind can result in water getting into the snorkel and therefore the mosquito drowning.

However, thanks to an important preventative measure, the mosquito is protected from being harmed by this potential danger. The end of the snorkel that comes into contact with the air is covered with a special kind of oil. This oil has a water repellent (hydrophobic) property. When the larva is suspended head-down in the water, the oil prevents water getting through the hole of the respiratory tube.

This secretion is specially created for water. When the larva is put into a fluid other than water, for example petroleum, the secretion fails to function. Petroleum gets into the snorkel and causes the larva to drown.

The fact that the tip of the respiratory tube of a 10 mm (0.4 inch) larva is just a few millimetres in length is not something that can be passed over lightly. Let's point out the details:

• there is a special precautionary measure to eliminate the risk of water getting into the snorkel,
• the secretion is produced exactly where it is needed, i.e. by the cells at the tip of the air tube,
• this oily secretion is produced in every new generation...

Can these factors be explained by coincidence? Of course not, because coincidence causes confusion. Millions of coincidences happening one after another would mean chaos. Systems and mechanisms consisting of independent parts working in unison for a common aim are not the product of chaos but of intelligent design.

Evolutionary theory makes the assertion that living things have evolved over time from a simpler form to their present state. According to this theory, this development occurs as a result of a chain of coincidental changes.

However much you try to dress this up as "scientific," using Latin names and complex terminology, the essential logic of evolutionary theory can be expressed in a single word: "Coincidence."

Now let's have a look at the claims evolutionary theory makes about how the special structure enabling mosquitoes to breathe was formed.

According to evolutionary theory, thousands of years ago mosquitoes must have had a simpler structure. In this imaginary scenario, let's suppose that the respiratory tubes of the mosquitoes of the time had not yet developed. So what about the mosquito larvae of the time?

1) The larva could not stay head-down in the water, so they would hold their heads above water in order to breathe. The inevitable conclusion of this would be, of course, that all the larvae die of hunger.

Thanks to a special kind of hydrophobic oil found at the tip of the snorkel, no water can get in, as the oil is water-repellent. The fact that such a special substance for such a specific function is found in exactly the right place is a point for which evolutionary theory can provide no explanation.

2) Let's suppose that a respiratory tube is appended to the body of the larva by chance (we will discuss the impossibility of this later), the larvae would drown due to the absence of oil at the tip of the tube to prevent water getting into it. The larva would not even have a second to wait for the cells, which synthesise this oil to form in the body. As has been demonstrated, this state of affairs creates inconsistencies in evolutionary theory itself.

3) Let's suppose that the respiratory tube and the oil at the tip of this tube somehow formed at the same time on the larva's body. It would only save the life of that particular larva, because the larva would not be able to pass on a change in its body to the next generation (Just as a woman who cuts off her finger does not give birth to a child with a missing finger). Therefore, in order for a bodily change to be passed on to the next generation, it is necessary for evolution to add the entire genetic code to the DNA located in the creature's reproductive cells, rather than just creating a new organ or organelle.

This is a very important point. For this reason, let's examine the subject by means of another example. Let's suppose that a new organ, for example a liver, was appended to the body of a creature claimed by the evolutionists to be one of the ancestors of man. The liver's genetic code consists of millions of ciphers. Every one of these ciphers has to be added to the DNA in the reproductive cells of the creature for a liver to emerge in the next generation. One single mistake in the millions of ciphers would result in the liver not being formed, or not being able to function and being harmful rather than beneficial to the animal. The imaginary creature in question would not be able to survive and would die out.

This brings us to another point. What would the creature in question do until the liver formed in its body? Which organ would carry out the vital functions performed by the liver? Obviously, it is illogical even to think that such a creature may have existed. The first human being came into the world perfectly formed, which means that he must have been created.

In the same way, the mosquito also has to carry the characteristics it possesses in the form of genetic coding in its DNA. Otherwise these characteristics would not appear in the next generation. The genetic coding of not only the respiratory tube but also of the oil produced by the cells at the tip of this tube would have to be introduced simultaneously, completely and faultlessly into the reproductive cells of the imaginary creature supposed to be the ancestor of the mosquito, which is an impossibility. This means once again that the mosquito came into existence perfectly formed, i.e. it was created.

So how does the mosquito distribute the air it breathes throughout its body?

The air taken in by the mosquito fills two small sacs. These little sacs are connected to capillary lines running along the body, which carry the air to all body parts. Between the sacs is a heart, which is appropriate for the needs of the mosquito. The heart pumps the sacs with regular beats and enables air to be distributed throughout the body.

After the heart come the stomach and the intestines. The heart, stomach and intestines also have to be perfect in shape. Along with the respiratory system, these organs are essential for the mosquito to survive. The mosquito has to exist as an integral whole; it is not possible for the features it possesses to be acquired over a period of time.

Moreover, these features show variety in each species of mosquito. For example, the larva of the Mansonia variety does not come up to the surface to breathe. Instead it uses a clever but somewhat difficult method.