Transcripts: 2016 Remain Loyal to Jehovah Convention

Transcript: Lessons From the Book of Job. Animal Creation
[Atop a rocky peak, a mountain goat with long black horns stands on gray boulders]
Presenter: Observers find it difficult even to get near the nimble mountain goat.
[A white chested goat with a black beard scales a jagged ledge]
What accounts for this?
[As it steps nimbly rocks slide from under foot]
Their hooves are designed with two toes that can be spread wide apart.
[A brown goat cautiously walks out on to a branch of a tree. It bends down to pluck up a bundle of leaves with its tongue. A herd frolics across grass growing amidst rocky out crops]
This feature enables mountain goats to run, jump, and feed between narrow ledges. They can maintain their footing on a near-vertical incline.
[Two goats ascend a sheer cliff]
Researchers have tried to apply these design features to advanced footwear, with only limited success.
[Using a walking stick a man in hiking boots trenches up the side of a mountain. “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?” Job 39:1. A herd of black, brown, gray, and white horses gallop across a lush green meadow]
A horse can gallop at speeds up to 50 kilometers [or 30 miles] per hour.
[A white horse trots in a corral]
Even more impressive is how efficiently the horse expends energy. The secret is in its legs.
[Its hooves kick up gravel]
Like a spring, a horse’s leg absorbs energy. As its leg leaves the ground, that energy is released.
[Muscles ripple underneath its white coat]
Specialized muscles act as shock absorbers. Engineers are trying to imitate this design but are finding it a challenge.
[A white horse and a dark brown horse run swiftly down a grassy knoll; their manes fly in the wind. “Are you the one who gives the horse its strength?” Job 39:19. An eagle perched on snow covered ground slowly spreads its wings then launches itself into the air]
During an eagle’s flight, the feathers on the tips of its wings are practically vertical.
[High in the sky a bald eagle flaps its wings]
This configuration gives maximum lift with minimum wing length. Engineers have studied such soaring birds as eagles with a view to designing more efficient aircraft.
[A glider plane]
The introduction of modified wing design that includes winglets has improved aircraft performance by as much as 15 percent.
[A jet flies above the clouds]
Planes can now fly farther and carry more while saving fuel. In the decade following the introduction of upturned wingtips, airlines worldwide saved 7,600 million litres [or 2 billion gallons] of jet fuel.
[A commercial jet lands on an illuminated air strip]
But the eagle’s amazing design is not limited to flight.
[An eagle soars across a bright blue sky]
As the eagle descends upon its prey, its eyes continuously adjust to maintain sharp focus throughout the approach.
[Swooping down an eagle snatches prey from the water with its talons]
What man-made camera comes even close to this ability of rapid refocus?
[From a baron tree branch a gray faced harpy eagle spreads its wings then leaps into the air. “Is it at your order that an eagle flies?” Job 39:27. A pinkish gray hippo emerges from murky water]
The Behemoth mentioned in Job is generally identified as the hippopotamus. A full-grown hippo may be as large as 15 feet [or 4 to 5 meters] long and weigh around 8,000 pounds [or 3,600 kilograms].
[Two hippos trudge toward a river]
Its bones, particularly the vertebrae, form a strong, rigid structure. Its ribs and thick hide protect it as it navigates such areas as rocky riverbeds.
[Yawning a hippo exposes its long sharp teeth]
You don’t have to have bones like a hippo to appreciate their strength.
[A man jogs on a bridge. A tree frog leaps]
Bone is an essential part of countless living organisms.
[A snake slithers across the dry ground. A mamma fox and her cub peak out of their den. A koala perched in a tree. A polar bear and her cubs march through the snow. Kangaroo’s bounce through tall golden grass. A cable-stayed bridge stretches over water]
Researchers say that bones are constructed in exactly the same way that reinforced concrete is constructed. The steel of reinforced concrete provides the tensile strength, while the cement, sand, and rock provide the compressional strength.
[At a construction site workers pour concrete over rebar]
However, the compressional strength of bone is greater than that of even the best reinforced concrete.
[People cross a huge dam. Cracks in a concrete structure]
Bone is superior to concrete in many other ways. It responds to hormones that affect its growth and development and is even able to repair itself.
[Wading in the water a hippo and her calf munch on grass]
Also, like muscle, it slowly grows stronger as the load on it increases.
[On a mountain road a runner sprints. “Its bones are tubes of copper.” Job 40:18. A green eyed crocodile swims across water]
Leviathan, likely the crocodile, has an enormously powerful bite.
[It lunges with open jaw]
Some have a bite nearly three times more powerful than that of a lion.
[Then snaps shut]
Yet, the crocodile’s jaw is also more sensitive than the human fingertip. It is covered with thousands of sense organs that come out of holes in the skull. This design allows a mother to pick up her babies and gently carry them in her mouth.
[Hatchlings huddle together in water. “Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook?” Job 41:1. In the snow a long-horned mountain goat twirls on its hind legs. Next to its mum a baby horse rolls in green grass]
Without a doubt, God’s “invisible qualities are clearly seen” in the things he made.
[An eagle perches on a mountain. A hippo splashes through water. A crocodile floats]
We can also learn much from the other animal creation mentioned in Job: the wild bull, the stork,
[A white and black stork watch over its chicks]
and the ostrich.
[Kicking up dust ostriches run with outstretched wings. Three deer dash through the snow. A flock of pigeon’s scatter]
Why not study these animals during family worship and see what more can be learned about Jehovah’s qualities?”
[A lion and cub nuzzle. Ants march in single file. A tortoise ambles through grass. On a savanna a giraffe gallops. A colorful insect with big eyes nibbles a leaf. A pair of black birds prune each other. With long dark eyelashes a zebra stares]
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