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* the [[whale]], which has no plausible ancestor ([[Charles Darwin]] suggested black bears)
 
* the [[whale]], which has no plausible ancestor ([[Charles Darwin]] suggested black bears)
 
* the [[eye]], which lacks a plausible pathway for incremental evolution
 
* the [[eye]], which lacks a plausible pathway for incremental evolution
* bloodclotting, which also lacks a plausible pathway for incremental evolution
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* blood clotting, which also lacks a plausible pathway for incremental evolution
 
* the [[immune system]] is irreducible complex, as without a completely developed one a creature would die from any microbe that it was infected by<ref>Behe, Michael J. 1996. ''Darwin's Black Box'', New York: The Free Press, pp. 117-139.</ref>
 
* the [[immune system]] is irreducible complex, as without a completely developed one a creature would die from any microbe that it was infected by<ref>Behe, Michael J. 1996. ''Darwin's Black Box'', New York: The Free Press, pp. 117-139.</ref>
 
* [[Jellyfish]] in [[Hawaii]], which swarm to the beaches precisely 9 to 10 days after each full [[moon]]<ref>http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/jelyfish.html</ref>
 
* [[Jellyfish]] in [[Hawaii]], which swarm to the beaches precisely 9 to 10 days after each full [[moon]]<ref>http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/jelyfish.html</ref>
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* The enormous gaps in the [[fossils|fossil]] record.
 
* The enormous gaps in the [[fossils|fossil]] record.
 
* The development of feathers, which could not have conceivably "grown" from the scales of dinosaurs<ref>http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/40/4/687.pdf</ref>
 
* The development of feathers, which could not have conceivably "grown" from the scales of dinosaurs<ref>http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/40/4/687.pdf</ref>
* The [[flagellum]] a multi-part cellular motor which fails to function if a single part is removed is the classic example of [[irreducible complexity]] and cannot arise according to the theory of evolution.
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* The [[flagellum]], a multi-part cellular motor which fails to function if a single part is removed, is the classic example of [[irreducible complexity]] and cannot arise according to the theory of evolution.
 
* Symbiosis - There are many examples where creatures rely on each other to survive which could not arise through evolution.  Flowering plants need bees in order to spread pollen but bees cannot survive without the nectar from flowering plants.  Therefore the bees and plants must have arisen at the same time.  Likewise, grass cannot survive without a certain fungus that helps it fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and the fungus can't survive without the grass.  Again, they must have appeared on earth at the same time.   
 
* Symbiosis - There are many examples where creatures rely on each other to survive which could not arise through evolution.  Flowering plants need bees in order to spread pollen but bees cannot survive without the nectar from flowering plants.  Therefore the bees and plants must have arisen at the same time.  Likewise, grass cannot survive without a certain fungus that helps it fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and the fungus can't survive without the grass.  Again, they must have appeared on earth at the same time.   
  
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