Page 229 - The Miracle of Migration in Animals

HARUN YAHYA

Although the mechanisms that play a role in migration have not
been definitively brought to light, it is widely believed that they
emerge at birth as pre-programmed behavior. But how can complex
behavior be transferred genetically? Is there some program in the
genes to direct behavior?
Even if migratory behavior in animals is transferred genetically,
how is this heredity achieved? Animals display exceptionally com-
plex detailed migratory behavior. On flights covering thousands of
kilometers, do strings of amino acid in the genes determine the
preparations beforehand and the directional and navigational skills
during the migration?
If the answer is yes, and if a genetic program determines migra-
tion, this, too, constitutes a great impasse for evolutionary theory
since the genetic encoding of such complex information cannot be ex-
plained by evolutionary mechanisms. As is the case with the origin of
new organs and biological structures, this complex and detailed in-
formation cannot be explained by natural selection. Believing that in-
formation defining migration is produced by random mutations is
like believing that a road map can arise from ink accidentally spilt on
a piece of paper. No one of common sense could believe in such an

impossibility. The logical explanation is not the work of chance, but of
an almighty intellect. In other words, what is logical is to accept that
our Creator gives birds their knowledge of migration.
And the information coded in the cells of migrating creatures
has not come into existence over time by the accretion of random
atoms and molecules as a result of unconscious coincidences. This ex-
tensive knowledge is the work of the eternal power of God, the
Creator of all.

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