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Narrator (Male): Discover the bottomless suitcase. Next, on today's Creation Moment.

Narrator (Male): And now, here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor.

Ian T. Taylor: It was first discovered in 1855, but many scientists debated its existence for another 50 years. Once its existence was finally proven to everyone's satisfaction, it took another 50 years before science had any tools to begin studying it.

Finally, in the late 1980s, scientists began to learn a little more about the secrets of one of the tiniest, yet most amazing structures in the human body. At the back of the eye, between the deepest layer of the retina and the cells beneath it, lies a tiny mote made up of about 10 drops of a mysterious fluid.

It seems that the clear fluid in the mote serves the surrounding light-sensing tissues of the eye in place of blood, bringing in nutrients and carrying away waste. It also transports light-sensitive chemicals needed by the light-detecting cells in the eye.

In addition, it seems to glue the retina in place. More than that, the mote is rich in a growth factor. This fact makes scientists believe that the gel may also be important to repairing injuries to the retina, keeping the cells of the retina young and active, as well as helping in the growth of new cells.

As one researcher said, "The more they study this tiny structure, the more unexpected abilities they find, something like a bottomless suitcase."

Charles Darwin, who didn't even know about the mote, was right when he said that it was impossible to believe that natural selection could have produced the eye.

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