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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 153

birth to their young (lizards and rattlesnakes) like mammals. It is
therefore impossible to arrive at a sound conclusion through the false
inference that dinosaurs and birds lay eggs, and are therefore de-
scended from one another.
In addition, because their backbone stretching back from their
skulls consists of vertebrae, birds are called vertebrates. Counting
their legs and wings, birds have four joints, for which reason they are
known as four-footed (or tetrapods). After a bird’s egg has been laid,
the chick inside is nourished by a membrane system containing an
amnion. For that reason, birds are also called amniotes (as are any
other vertebrates with an amnion and corona during embryological
development, such as reptiles and mammals). 111 Birds are complete-
ly different from dinosaurs in terms of these characteristics.

Equilibrium System
Like all other living things, Allah has created birds in a flawless
manner, which reveals itself in every detail. Their bodies have been
specially created to prevent any possible imbalance during flight. To
prevent the bird from tipping over forward when flying, its skull is
very light. The average weight of any bird skull represents only 1%
of its body weight.
The feathers in the wing and tail regions in particular endow the
bird with a most effective system of balance. The symmetry in the
distribution of the feathers helps establish this equilibrium. All these
characteristics enable a peregrine falcon (falcon pereginus), for exam-
ple, not to overbalance when swooping down onto its prey at a speed
of 300 kilometers an hour (186.411 miles per hour).

CONCLUSION
None of these characteristics distinguishing birds from terrestri-
al vertebrates can have emerged through random mutations. Even if
we hypothesize that one of these features did come into being