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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 149

The fact that bird feathers are shed symmetrically on both
wings cannot be explained in terms of chance

Birds molt their feathers periodically in order to maintain their fly-
ing ability. This generally takes place once a year: Since they are un-
able to fulfill their functions, worn or damaged flight feathers are rap-
idly replaced.
Molting is an exceedingly systematic process, and takes place in
such a way that no area remains wholly devoid of feathers. Tail and
wing feathers are shed systematically, in pairs, one from each side,
preventing any loss of balance..1

1. A. Hickman, L. Roberts, A. Larson, Integrated Principles of Zoology, New
York:McGraw-Hill, 2001, p. 588.

As yet, there is probably no evidence that would definitively prove
whether or not some dinosaurs were warm-blooded. Scientists have
explored numerous lines of evidence to try to answer this question.
There is a clear difference in bone structure between modern cold-
blooded and warm-blooded animals. 106
Despite his evolutionist views, Peter Dodson, an eminent present-
day paleontologist, has demolished the warm blooded dinosaur thesis
and the idea that birds originated from dinosaurs:
. . . I am tepid on endothermic dinosaurs; I am skeptical about the
theropod ancestry of birds. 107
There is no evidence that dinosaurs were warm blooded; on the
contrary, they possess external mechanism used by cold-blooded ani-
mals to regulate their body temperatures. 108 However, due to
Darwinists’ dogmatic belief in evolution, they persist as if there were
some evidence for their claims and continue to ignore all the evidence to
the contrary.

Differences in Bodily Systems
Since birds expend a great deal of energy, they need to thoroughly
digest the food they eat. Indeed, their digestive systems have a special