Page 105 - Atlas of Creation Volume 4

Harun Yahya

Whichever ornithologist you ask will tell you that

a bird wing provides it with the most efficient
way of flying. For example, even though a hawk
achieves speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour
(186 MPH) as it dives down onto its prey, it never

loses balance or misses its target, and it posses-
ses perfect flight control. Some eagles can sud-
denly attack their prey at speeds of 185 kilome-
ters per hour (115 MPH) and then spread their

wings and come to a complete halt in just 6 me-
ters (about 20 feet).
A bird chasing its prey can fly in circles above it
several kilometers high and watch it with its

sharp eyes. As it dives downward, it focuses on
the prey and fixes on it automatically. For such
flight to be possible, the eyes and wings, and the-
refore the brain, muscle and skeletal systems all

have to work in complete harmony together. But
how is this immaculate coordination possible? All
these extraordinary characteristics obviously
cannot be the work of blind natural forces. There

is no doubt that birds fly with the superior featu-
res given to them by our Lord, the Creator of all.

The wings of flying
birds consist of feathers, con-
sist of a main shaft, barbs and bar-
bules. The barbules at the end edges
adhere together by way of hooks known

as barbicels. This complex design gives the
bird powerful, flexible and waterproof
wings. This special creation in the barbu-

les that attach to one another, as if
The structure with a zipper, once again reveals
of feathers
the invalidity of the idea of
chance.

Stem (rachus)
Barb

Barbule

Hook (barbicel)

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