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Birds' feathers are one of the structures that represent an impassable bar-
rier between these creatures and reptiles. It is impossible for feathers to
have evolved from reptiles' scales, which have a completely different
structure.

eventually, it became known that birds' teeth were peculiar to them. On this subject, Feduccia writes:

Perhaps the most impressive difference between theropods and birds concerns the structure of teeth and the na-
ture of their implantation. It is astounding that more attention has not been given to the dramatic differences be-
tween bird and theropod teeth, especially when one considers that the basis of mammal paleontology involves
largely tooth morphology. To be brief, bird teeth (as seen in Archaeopteryx, Hesperornis, Parahesperornis,
Ichthyornis, Cathayornis, and all toothed Mesozoic birds) are remarkably similar and are unlike those of

theropods. . . There is essentially no shared, derived relationship of any aspect of tooth morphology between
birds and theropods, including tooth form, implantation, or replacement. 161

5) Birds are warm-blooded, while reptiles are cold-blooded. This means that they have two very differ-
ent metabolisms and it's not possible that a change from one to the other was effected by random muta-
tions. To remove this difficulty, it was proposed that dinosaurs were warm-blooded. But this thesis rests on

no evidence and there is much proof to discredit it. 162
All this removes scientific support for the evolutionist thesis about the origin of birds. The Darwinist
media may be able to prolong the furor over the dino-bird, but it is now clear that this was a non-scientific
propaganda campaign.

Everyone who examines the origin of birds and all the other creatures in nature apart from evolutionist
dogma will plainly see that creatures are far too complex ever to be explained in terms of natural influences
of random occurrences. The only explanation for this lies in the fact of Creation.
God, Who knows every kind of creation with His supreme knowledge, created every living thing per-

fectly in one moment. In the Qur'an, God reveals:
Does not man see that We created him from a drop yet there he is, an open antagonist! He makes likenesses of Us
and forgets his own creation, saying, "Who will give life to bones when they are decayed?" Say: "He Who made
them in the first place will bring them back to life. He is Knower of every kind of creation." (Surah Ya Sin: 77-79)

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