and naturally of course creationists don't consider why there are gaps in the fossil record. They just see the gap and claim that such a gap shows invalidity in the entire study of evolution.

There are gaps because one, we haven't dug up every spot of land looking for fossils but are instead looking for them only where others have already been found, two not every animal that dies becomes a fossil, in fact the vast majority of these animals would be eaten and eventually decompose without leaving a trace. But creationists never take into account either of these factors when spouting the bullshit.