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HARUN YAHYA

makes this comment in the same article:
To tell you the truth, if I had to support the dinosaur origin of birds
with those characters, I'd be embarrassed every time I had to get up
and talk about it. 2
Birds are the origin of birds. It is out of the question for dinosaurs
or any other land animal to have come by the power of flight as a re-
sult of gradual mutations. That is because birds' bodies are specially
designed to fly. When one examines the bird wing, feather, lung, and
other structures, one encounters particular features peculiar to flight
that are not found on any land creatures. The most important feature
of this design is its irreducible nature. The wing, lung, and feather
need to be present in perfect form in order for flight to be possible.
One Turkish evolutionist, Engin Konur, says:
The common trait of the eyes and the wings is that they can only func-
tion if they are fully developed. In other words, a halfway-developed
eye cannot see; a bird with half-formed wings cannot fly. How these or-
gans came into being has remained one of the mysteries of nature that
needs to be elucidated. 3

Conclusion

In the light of scientific findings, the theory that birds evolved
from dinosaurs, as broadcast by The Discovery Channel, is invalid.
Evolutionist sources such as The Discovery Channel shut their ears to
the scientific facts and continue to portray this piece of fantastic fic-
tion as if it were a scientific theory. We call on The Discovery Channel
to abandon this deception, described by the famous ornithologist
Larry Martin as "embarrassing," and to look upon birds and di-
nosaurs as separate species.

1. Pat Shipman, "Birds Do It... Did Dinosaurs?," New Scientist, 1 February
1997,p. 28
2. Pat Shipman, "Birds Do It... Did Dinosaurs?," New Scientist, 1 February
1997, p. 28
3. Engin Korur, "Secret of Eyes and Wings," Bilim ve Teknik (Science and
Technology), October 1984, No. 203, p. 25

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