Australian Leafy Sea Dragon

For many people the unmatched perfection of camouflage is the most obvious example of a life form that could never have evolved. The reason for this is that where an organism as delicate as the Australian Leafy Sea Dragon is forced to rely entirely upon camouflage for survival, how could more "primitive" imperfectly camouflaged creatures ever have survived? That is, if camouflage is all it has, how could it develop the camouflage through random mutations over thousands of years?

The Australian Leafy Sea Dragon has absolutely no means of protection from its predators other than its spectacular camouflage. It has no poison, no speed, no mouth, no threat - nothing but is camouflage. And the leaves of its camouflage have no function other than camouflage.

This creature glides through the water; nothing on its body appears to move. Its only means of propulsion is a transparent dorsal fin that is practically invisible.

The dorsal fin moves the body by a silent undulation. It does not flap.

This delicate creature seems to have been drawn by an artist. Even the eyes are camouflaged consistently with the markings on the face.

So, if it had to develop camouflage to escape its predators, how could it do so when prior to the development of its camouflage it had no chance of survival whatever? The only answer is that it did not evolve. Australian Leafy Sea Dragons have always been Leafy Sea Dragons and the Creator is indeed an artist.