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Walking Catfish

Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. (Job 9:10)

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Dragonflies

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The Great Blue Heron

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Walking Catfish

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Walking Catfish

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The red areas are where the walking catfish live.

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These maps show have walking catfish have invaded Florida.

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WALKING CATFISH

MAKE NESTS OUT OF SUBMERGED VEGETATION

THE MALE GUARDS THE EGGS AND YOUNG

OTHER FISHES, BIRDS, REPTILES PREY ON THEM--WADING BIRDS ESPECIALLY LIKE TO FIND THEM STRANDED IN SHALLOW DRYING POOLS

FROM TIME TO TIME THEY CAN BE SEEN MIGRATING EN MASSE FROM ONE BODY OF WATER TO ANOTHER, OFTEN CROSSING BUSY ROADS AND BEING HIT BY CARS

POSE A THREAT TO NATIVE FISHES--THEY EAT THE EGGS OF NATIVE FISHES

THEY CAN ADAPT TO HARSH HABITATS THAT CAUSE OTHER FISH TO DIE, SO THEY CAN TAKE OVER THE ENVIRONMENT

THEY HAVE AN ORGAN THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BREATHE OUT OF WATER; THEY CAN LIVE ABOUT 12 HOURS OUT OF WATER

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A cage without water with live

snakehead fish and walking catfish.

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The walking catfish is like Satan and his followers. They can do a lot of things that

Christians, or other fish, cannot do.

What are some of those things?

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LIE

EAT, DRESS, PLAY ANY WAY YOU WANT

BE GREEDY AND THINK OF YOURSELF FIRST

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Winter trees look dead.

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They have no leaves or blossoms.

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Here is a tree in the summer, and we know that all its leaves will fall off.

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How does the tree stay alive during the

winter months?

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The Bible talks a lot about roots:

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith (Colossians 2:7).

Rooted and grounded in love (Ephesians 3:17).

I am the root and the offspring of David (Revelation 22:16).

The love of money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10).

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It is through His power that summer and winter . . . follow each other in their regular succession. It is by His word that vegetation

flourishes, that leaves appear, and the flowers bloom. (The Faith I Live By, p. 59)

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In summer, as we look upon the trees of the distant forest, all clothed with a beautiful mantle of green, we may not be able to distinguish between the evergreens

and the other trees. But as winter approaches, and the frost king encloses them in his icy embrace,

stripping the other trees of their beautiful foliage, the evergreens are readily discerned.

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Thus it will be with all who are walking in humility . . . While those who are self-confident, and trust in their own perfection of character,

lose their false robe of righteousness when subjected to the storms of trial, the truly

righteous, who sincerely love and fear God, wear the robe of Christ’s righteousness in prosperity

and adversity alike. (The Faith I Live By, p. 119)

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This earth is the place of preparation for heaven. The time spent here is the

Christian’s winter. Here the chilly winds of affliction blow upon us, and the waves of trouble roll against us. (Ms 28, 1886;

quoted in 7BC 988)

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Every day we need to have strong roots, even in winter, and we need to stay rooted and

grounded with Jesus, even though it looks like Satan and his followers can do a lot of things

we cannot do.

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Credits:Slides 4, 5 courtesy of U. S. Geological Survey

Slide 9 courtesy of Matana_and_JesSlide 13 courtesy of stashabella

Slide 15 courtesy of Smabs SputzerSlide 16 courtesy of Jo Naylor

Slide 18 courtesy of Mike McSharrySlide 19 courtesy of Liz West

Slide 20 courtesy of Tim GreenSlide 21 courtesy of Richie Johns

Slide 22 courtesy of Anna LevinzonSlide 26 courtesy of Soil Science

Slide 27 courtesy of Bonitade Boer