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A DEFINITIVE REPLY
TO EVOLUTIONIST
PROPAGANDA
Dial's Research
Dial's claim rests on certain observations of the Alectoris chukar
species of partridge. One feature of these birds is that they prefer to
run up a steep incline or tree trunk rather than fly. As they run, they
also flap their wings to gain speed. This short-distance running was
given the name Wing-Assisted Incline Running (WAIR).
During WAIR, as the partridges run up the slope, they both use
their feet and flap their wings, thus reducing the effect of gravity.
Their feet are designed in such a way as to cling to the ground, and
their wings function like the ailerons on a racing car. As a result of
Dial's research, he observed that chicks possessed almost the same
WAIR ability as adult birds. He described how within four days of
hatching birds were able to climb up 45 degree inclines in this man-
ner, and that their still-growing wings had an aerodynamic effect
during this sprint.
A number of experiments were
conducted on these developing
wings, and Dial saw that the
aerodynamic effect on wings
with shortened feathers de-
creased. Birds with
The evolutionists claim that
birds evolved from dinosaurs
has no scientific basis to it.
Evolutionists ignore this fact,
however, and try to keep their
claims alive by means of
speculative reports.
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