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HARUN YAHYA

it another way, a creature cannot see with a deficient eye, nor fly
with half a wing. How these organs came about remains a still un-
explained secret. 8
Kenneth Dial's thesis that WAIR accounts for the evolution of
the wing is invalid in the face of these facts. According to his imag-
inary scenario, dinosaurs' arms would prove inadequate in several
stages of this so-called evolution, and flight could not happen. To
believe that a bird developed in stages means accepting that all the
complex structures and systems described above—the design of the
unidirectional flow of air in the lungs, hollow bones, the hooks and
barbs on the feathers, the light but flexible structure, the bird's
warm-blooded metabolism, and many other details indicative of a
perfect design—also came about in stages. It is of course impossible
for any creature in which these organs and systems were in any way
lacking to have survived at all.

PEREGRINE WING

Wing coverts
Alula

Outer wing feathers are extended
during level flight but closed up for
diving
Long primary
flight feathers

Inner wing
feathers
Wing tip folds back
PEREGRINE FLIGHT
when diving after prey
The peregrine falcon
divers with its wings
Peregrine
partially folded. This
method of catching
prey is known as
SPEED RECORD HOLDER
"stooping".
The peregrine falcon is the world's fastest bird. Although its speed is
often exaggerated, it can probably dive at a breath-taking 280 kph (175
mph) in pursuit of other birds. As it dives, it slashes its victim with its
talons, knocking it to the ground with the force of the impact.
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