Page 225 - The Miracle of Migration in Animals

HARUN YAHYA

port the evolutionist claims of corresponding changes in genetic in-
formation. Wherever all the members of one species move, or how-
ever often they travel, it has no effect whatsoever on their DNA. In
short, migratory behavior is not added into the genes of living creatures.
If migratory behavior is not exactly correct, it is disadvanta-
geous to the species and can even be fatal. As evolutionists have also
stated, during migration the risk of mortality is great and no living
species has time to wait for random mutations to let it acquire accu-
rate migratory behavior. It is illogical to accept that migratory knowl-
edge, passed on genetically and which enables a bird to find a place it
has never been before, has emerged as a result of mutations known
for harmful effects.
The “planning” in migratory behavior is so complex that refus-
ing to see it as the product of creation can be explained only with
Darwinist dogmatism. For example, consider the preparations that
start taking place prior to migration: Birds go into an accelerated
feeding to store energy for their upcoming journey. Some birds dou-
ble their body weight in this period of excessive eating known as “hy-
perphagia,” which is part of the genetically controlled migration
process. Interestingly, this behavior starts two to three weeks before

migration, just before the food supply diminishes, which prevents the
birds from experiencing lack of energy before their long journey.
From the bird’s point of view, this is an extremely effective precau-
tionary mechanism. Evolutionists assert that all the mechanisms in
this physiological adaptation are linked to random mutations accu-
mulated in the bird’s DNA, but they can show no evidence.
Another physiological mechanism related to migration that evo-
lutionists cannot explain is the marked changes in birds’ hormone
levels. The neuroendocrinal system, responsible for nervous stimula-
tion and inner hormone secretion, triggers diurnal changes affecting
the pituitary gland and the pineal, the gland in brain for secretion of

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