Fish Learn in School

Psalms 119:73

Today we are going to a school of fish to learn about the wisdom that God built into some 20,000 different species of fish.

First of all,fish dont learn how to school;they know how to school instinctively at birth.Schooling has advantages for fish,and some schools can have over a million fish in them!you see,schools offer a lot of protection from predators.

Did you ever wonder why,when a school of fish is attacked or simply startled,the fish dont run into each other-but redaite away from the threat like exploding fireworks?Oh yes,they can all see each other;they can tell where the other fish next to them are going.But schooling fish also have special orpgans,called lateral lines,running along the lengths of their bodies just under their skin.These organs are filled with sensitive hairs,which sense the movement of waters around the fish,so that each fish has a better sense of speed and direction of its neighbor from subtle movements in the water.

It is clear that the advantages of schooling,plus the special organs that schooling fish have to help them school,are not products of genetic accidents and chance.They are testimony to a Creator Who cares for all the creatures He has made.And if He cares for fish,how much more does he seek you and desire a relationship with you through His Son,Jesus Christ!