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The Magnetic Positioning System in Pigeons
www.harunyahya.com
A recent experiment has provided important support for the theory that homing pigeons make use of the Earth's magnetic field to determine their direction.
In 1850, Paul Reuter, founder of the world famous news agency Reuters, distributed news and stock exchange bond prices between the Belgian capital, Brussels, and the German city of Aachen using a fleet of 45 pigeons.
Homing pigeons are capable of traveling very long distances. The distance record for a pigeon that succeeded in returning home again is 1689 miles (approximately 2719 km).
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The magnetic positioning system in homing pigeons also bears such evident signs of design. The cells containing magnetite that permit interaction with the Earth's magnetic field, the nerves that transmit the data detected by these cells, and the brain that interprets all these, work in perfect harmony together. Thanks to this, the bird is able to determine the exact location of its home thousands of kilometers away with a totally accurate calculation. This is literally a perfect ability, because in terms of the thousands of kilometers traveled by the pigeon, its home is no more than a tiny speck.
Yet how could the system that permits such a superior location determining ability have come into being? Could coincidences, devoid of any consciousness, have given rise to the pigeon with its perfect design, endowed it with perfect physiological systems, installed the magnetite containing cells in its beak and thus formed a flawless sensory system? Of course, not.
(Full article here www.harunyahya.com also check out faculty.washington.edu)
A recent experiment has provided important support for the theory that homing pigeons make use of the Earth's magnetic field to determine their direction.
In 1850, Paul Reuter, founder of the world famous news agency Reuters, distributed news and stock exchange bond prices between the Belgian capital, Brussels, and the German city of Aachen using a fleet of 45 pigeons.
Homing pigeons are capable of traveling very long distances. The distance record for a pigeon that succeeded in returning home again is 1689 miles (approximately 2719 km).
...
The magnetic positioning system in homing pigeons also bears such evident signs of design. The cells containing magnetite that permit interaction with the Earth's magnetic field, the nerves that transmit the data detected by these cells, and the brain that interprets all these, work in perfect harmony together. Thanks to this, the bird is able to determine the exact location of its home thousands of kilometers away with a totally accurate calculation. This is literally a perfect ability, because in terms of the thousands of kilometers traveled by the pigeon, its home is no more than a tiny speck.
Yet how could the system that permits such a superior location determining ability have come into being? Could coincidences, devoid of any consciousness, have given rise to the pigeon with its perfect design, endowed it with perfect physiological systems, installed the magnetite containing cells in its beak and thus formed a flawless sensory system? Of course, not.
(Full article here www.harunyahya.com also check out faculty.washington.edu)