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BIRDS' SPECIAL                                                                              trachea


                          RESPIRATORY SYSTEM



                                                                           front air sacs


                                                                                                                                        rear air sacs



                                                                                            lung



                            Fresh air                                           Fresh air

                                                                                Stale air


                                                              Trachea


                                                                         Rear air sacs are       BREATHING IN: The air which en-
                                                                         filled with fresh air   ters birds' respiratory passages goes
                       Fresh air does
                       not pass through                                                          to the lungs, and to air sacs behind
                       flont air sacs                                                            them. The air which is used is trans-
                                                                                                 ferred to air sacs at the front.






                     Front air sacs                                                              BREATHING OUT: When a bird
                     are filled with                                                             breathes out, the fresh air in the rear
                     the stale air                                                               air sacs goes into the lungs. With this
                     coming from the                                                             system, the bird is able to enjoy a con-
                     lungs                                                 Fresh air
                                                               Fresh air                         stant supply of fresh air to its lungs.


                                   Lung

                                                                                                 There are many details in this lung

                                                                                                 system, which is shown in very sim-
                                                                                                 plified form in these diagrams. For in-
                           Stale air                                                             stance, there are special valves where

                                                                                                 the sacs join the lungs, which enable
                                                                                                 the air to flow in the right direction.
                                                                                                 All of these show that there is clearly
                                                                                                 "creation” at work here. These special

                                                                                                 systems not only deal a death blow to
                                                                                                 the theory of evolution, they are also
                                                                         Fresh air moves
                                                                         out of the rear air     among the innumerable proofs of the
                                                                         sacs to the lungs.      fact of creation.







                     Stale air is ex-
                     pelled from
                     the front air
                     sacs.


                                                              Fresh air  Fresh air
                                    Lung







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