Page 261 - The Origin of Birds and Flight

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 259

The theory of evolution claims that living things have evolved from
the primitive to the more developed. Therefore, the fact that these insects
have the same features as their present-day counterparts and that no
primitive creatures lived before them is evidence that they did not come
into existence through evolution. Almighty Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
created insects like all other living things, together with the physical
structures and wings that enable them to fly.

The special anatomy for flight in insects
These tiny creatures amaze scientists by their ability to hover sus-
pended in the air, fly backwards, suddenly accelerate to more than 150
kilometers/hour (93.205 miles per hour) and engage in superior acro-
batics to any fighter pilot. Insects have highly advanced mechanisms for
flight, including perfect wings, a light exoskeleton, balance organs, and
advanced warning systems that enable them to navigate and take off.
Their bodies are covered by an exoskeleton that fulfill a set of function-
al roles including moving their legs and wings.
Over the last 30 years, the scientific world has made it a priority to
understand insects’ superior flying performance. Airplanes operate by
using the flow of air over their wings and are propelled with the assis-
tance of engines. Insects, on the other hand, have no engines for takeoff,
but beating their wings gives them a powerful lift. 230
In order to take off, most insects have to beat their thin wings very
fast— and during flight, an average of several hundred times a sec-
ond. 231 Some insects beat their wings 600 times a second. Such rapid
movement taking place in so short a time is impossible to be replicated
technologically.