9 Temmuz 2016 Cumartesi

Foreword

Foreword

Each and every species on Earth has been created with miraculous characteristics and wondrous skills. Even in one single living species, we can find abundant proof of God's magnificent creation.
According to one verse of the Qur'an:
There is no creature crawling on the Earth or flying creature, flying on its wings, who are not communities just like yourselves—We have not omitted anything from the Book—then they will be gathered to their Lord. (Qur’an, 6:38)
This verse draws our attention to birds which, of all living creatures, are worthy of special consideration and observation.
There are approximately ten thousand different species of birds, many of which have miraculous characteristics. Wherever we live, we may encounter many of these creatures and can admire the different aspects of each variety. They exhibit countless examples of the evidence of creation, through their aesthetic appearance, their perfect flying mechanisms, their expertise in migration, their nest-making skills and their self-sacrificing behavior.
Meanwhile, other species of birds are created with a special aptitude for forming social groups. Many varieties live together as a community, warn one another of danger, work collectively to find food and shelter, and make various sacrifices to help each other out in any number of ways. (For detailed information, see Harun Yahya, Devotion Among Animals: Revealing the Work of God). As God pointed out in the Qur’an, these creatures are capable of establishing their own form of communication and performing in cooperative ways the duties inspired in them by God.
Some birds distinguish themselves by their superior intelligence and special talents. These particular species are the subject matter of this book and which we may define as birds that can imitate sounds, include the parrots, songbirds, and hummingbirds. Many of us have heard about, seen on television or even personally witnessed these birds’ ability to talk. However, we may not have considered what a great miracle it is that these creatures can mimic in this way, or to the perfection of the way in which God has created them.
kuşlar, mucize
This book explains how these creatures’ being hatched with their ability to talk or imitate sounds is one of the miracles of creation and, at the same time, how this very ability invalidates the claims of evolutionary theory. And so, we will display the magnificence of God’s creation for all to see.

Introduction: The Blind Coincidences that the Darwinists Believe to Be Rational

Introduction:
The Blind Coincidences that the Darwinists Believe to Be Rational

papağan, tasarım
Before examining the perfection of the systems that allow birds to talk, first it's worth dwelling on the invalid assumption of "coincidence," the foundation of all the hypotheses in evolutionary theory. Doing so will make it easier to see through the highly illogical claim that the remarkable characteristics of the creatures cited in this book are simply the product of coincidences.
The noun coincidence is typically modified by such adjectives as unconscious, disorderly, unplanned and random. These words imply no conscious power, system, rationality, nor any source of knowledge. They express the occurrence of unplanned situations, and spontaneous events with no specific purpose.
But look at how the word coincidence is used in Darwinist-materialist circles, and you’ll encounter somewhat different definitions. Scientists who defend the Darwinist-materialist philosophy link to the word coincidence meanings that should rightly be attributed to Creation, such as consciousnessrationality, knowledge, and plan. They speak about coincidence as though it were referring to a powerful sentient being. Their purpose in all this is to deny the reality that living creatures have been created.
R. C. Sproul, author of Not A Chance, explains the unrealistic “scientific” meaning thatcoincidence has acquired in Darwinist circles:
When scientists attribute instrumental power to chance, they have left the domain of physics and resorted to magic. Chance is their magic wand to make not only rabbits but entire universes appear out of nothing.1
rc sproul, yazar
Overlooking the reality of creation despite immeasurable scientific proof, and continuing to defend their ideology with great fanaticism, they do not realize how wrong they are. How far they have distanced themselves from reason and logic! In his work La Science et la réalité (Science and Reality), French scientist and Professor Pierre Delbet has this to say about the fallacy of attributing creative power to coincidence:
Chance appears today as a law, the most general of all laws. It has become for me a soft pillow like the one which in Montaigne's words only ignorance and disinterest can provide, but this is a scientific pillow.2
In reality, the concept of "coincidence," which Darwinists use as a scientific explanation for life's origins expresses randomness, uncertainty, and lack of purpose. Therefore, to claim that a perfect system and a perfect balance are the product of these "blind coincidences" is incompatible with reason, logic and the scientific method. To suggest that an existing design is "without purpose," or to try and explain a functioning system with "chance happenings" is plain denial.
canlılık, tesadüf
D"Say: 'Have you thought about your partner gods, those you call upon besides God? Show me what they have created of the Earth?'..." (Qur'an, 35:40)
To illustrate the impossibility of Darwinist scientists' claim that life is the product of coincidence, just think of a huge warehouse filled with various electronic devices, circuitry, cables and wiring. What if we wait for these various parts to assemble themselves into a computer? How long, do you think, would it take for those parts to start fitting themselves together as the result of a "coincidence"? How probable is it? Independent parts have no knowledge of what kind of structure they will form when they are put together. Of course, they have no idea of their basic purpose—to produce a functioning computer. However long you wait, this illusionary scenario will remain impossible to achieve.
robot, tasarım
Electronic parts, circuits, cables and computer components found in a store cannot assemble themselves into a functional robot by "coincidence." A conscious being's intervention is required to assemble for a robot in accord with a design. The design of any living creature is too complex to be compared with a robot's. How can someone who ridicules the idea of a robot assembling itself contradict himself by saying that the remarkable systems of living creatures are the result of "coincidence"?
darwin, tesadüfCharles Darwin
No one doubts that some conscious being’s intervention is required for these components to assemble themselves into some kind of design. In such a situation, the effects of coincidence would do no more than to upset whatever order already exists. If it’s irrational to dwell on the likelihood of mechanical parts coming together into even a single computer as a result of uncontrolled effects, it’s even more highly irrational to suggest that countless living creatures possessing complex systems, whose every organ is composed of scores of essential parts, could be the product of coincidence.
Michael J. Behe, a famous professor of biochemistry, expressed his astonishment to colleagues who see coincidence as the law of the order and the diversity that we encounter:
Chance is of course chance, but law in this context we can see as Darwinian evolution. Although we conclude that some features of the cell have been designed, many may have arisen gradually through mutation or natural selection. Only if we rule out chance and law can we move on to conclude that a feature was designed.3
michael behe, tesadüfMichael Behe
As we have pointed out, Darwinists see “coincidence” as the principle that has created all living creatures, their complex anatomical structures and genetic information. They believe that acts that in reality require forms of intelligence—such as calculation, planning, design and judgment—are brought to a successful conclusion by coincidences. Defenders of this absurd understanding attribute extraordinary roles and meanings to “coincidence.” According to them, the power that fashioned the brains, the minds, thinking and reasoning ability, memories, appearances and other characteristics of all those who have ever lived, for hundreds of thousands of years, is a genius by the name of “coincidence.” According to this ridiculous claim, those professors who make discoveries and solve complex physical equations, those artists who create valuable works of art, those statesmen who lead millions of citizens are brought into existence through unconscious coincidences. According to Darwinists, the only things that blind coincidence needs to bring about such extraordinary events are the mechanism called “natural selection” and time. According to this warped logic, all coincidence needs is time, to turn black mud into birds, horses, giraffes, butterfliesand even scientists, politicians and painters. There is absolutely no scientific evidence to support these claims, which resemble a fantastic, irrational science fiction yarn.
To date, we have published several books dealing with the subject of evolution. In several, we have mentioned the various wonders of creation that invalidate these totally illogical claims. This present book will take up one of the important pieces of evidence of creation, birds’ ability to talk and imitate sounds. Here, we’ll display the serious logical flaws in the arguments produced by evolutionists, who lead themselves up the blind alley of coincidence. And we’ll make clear for all to see the impasse in which they find themselves.
saat, tasarım
In the illustration above, a clock is gradually assembled in stages. In any of the intermediate phases, the clock cannot run. Only when every part is in the right place can it work properly. No one would claim that this clock's parts had been shaped by natural effects and assembled into one piece over time. Yet the evolutionists claim that living creatures' complex systems were formed in phases, by coincidental mechanisms. In blind defense of their theory, they claim that living creatures are products of coincidence—even though this assertion is untenable even in the case of a simple clock.

DİPNOTLAR

1. R. C. Sproul, Not A Chance, The Myth of Chance in Modern Science & Cosmology, Baker Books, 3rd ed., USA, 1997, p. 9.
2. Ibid., p. 8, [Jaki, God and the Cosmologists, p. 149; Pierre Delbet, La Science et la réalité, Paris: Flammarion, 1913, p. 238].
3. William Dembski, Mere Creation, Science, Faith & Intelligent Design, InterVarsity Press, USA, 1998, p. 194.

Chapter -1 The Special Design which Enables Birds to Produce Sound

Chapter -1
The Special Design which Enables Birds to Produce Sound

Talking, or even imitating sound, is not just a simple matter of opening and closing the mouth, as some people believe. A complex system is required for this action to take place, and all parts of this system must be synchronized in perfect working order. Birds with a talent for sound mimicry enjoy all of these requirements and demonstrate their ability in extraordinary ways.
papağan, kuş sesi
Some of these species have a talent rarely found in any other creature except man. The best example of this are parrots, which can imitate, in addition to human speech, a wide range of sounds that even humans can’t duplicate convincingly—for example, as the creaking of a door, the cap being removed from a bottle, a ringing telephone, or a tune being whistled. This talent to imitate, observable in parrots and some other bird species, is not an ability that can be acquired by coincidence. For any living creature to imitate a sound it has heard, it needs to have complex physiological structures already in place. Particularly in the case of birds that can closely imitate the human voice in terms of tone, stress and expression, these structures must be very sophisticated.
For a bird to reproduce a word or a melody it has heard, it needs to have an appropriate physical structure. Its sense of hearing must be functioning perfectly, and it must be able to memorize the information received by the senses and the ability to conceptualize meaning in its own terms.
papağan, zihin
For a long time, it was thought that parrots and other talking birds merely imitated, but recent research has shown these creatures to have remarkable mental abilities.
People are astonished the first time they hear a parrot say “Hello!” when the phone rings, ask “Who is it?” when the doorbell rings, or greet someone familiar by name. But even though it’s an astonishing achievement for a bird to say even one word, many don’t really give it due consideration. Over time, they may even come to see it as normal and commonplace.
Not only does the bird see and recognize the person approaching; what’s more, the bird knows how to react to a person it knows. It remembers—and reproduces—words it associates with that person. This is evident proof that the bird has an accurate memory. If we consider that some species of birds seem to understand questions they are asked and give a seemingly logical answer, the issue becomes even more complex. One important example of this is a trained grey parrot by the name of Alex. When he’s presented with a red (rose) piece of paper and asked “What color?” he answers “rose.” 4In later sections, we'll mention more of this parrot's skills in more detail.
A bird possessing such talents is a great wonder of creation, for birds and other animals do not have free will and reason, and do not share the human characteristics of thought, the ability to make conscious decisions and the determination to carry them out. The ability to talk and imitate sounds is taught by God to certain species of birds. These creatures do not talk because of their own rational thought, will or consciousness, but through God’s inspiration. In a verse of the Qur’an, God conveys that He is supreme over all living creatures:“… There is no creature He does not hold by the forelock…”(Qur'an, 11:56) All the wondrous characteristics of birds that can imitate sounds are just part of the evidence God shows to man so we may witness the magnificence of His creation.
canlılık, tesadüf

The Physical Formation of Sound in Birds

You might assume that in order for a parrot to be able to imitate the human voice—to use a person’s same spoken words, stresses and pronunciation—they must possess a larynx whose structure is similar to a human’s. However, the structure of the human larynx bears no resemblance to these creatures’ physical structures. The larynx, vocal cords, tongue, lips, palate and teeth that humans use in speech are completely different in birds, and some do not exist at all. But even though all birds lack these structures, still these species can reproduce phrases spoken by humans—and in the same tones. If we consider that a person without a tongue is unable to speak or that we lose our voice if the vocal cords are damaged, it’s also worth considering that parrots, budgerigars, and mynahs, members of the crow family, have completely different physical characteristics which nevertheless enable them to talk in the same way as humans.
There are other differences between the systems that humans and birds use to produce vocal sounds. We produce most sounds d by expelling air from the lungs through the larynx. Different sounds are created, according to the degree of vibration of the vocal cords. The position of the tongue and lips and the flow of air through the mouth or nasal cavity are only a few of the many other factors affecting sound production. The pharynx, found in humans, lets the tongue divide the vocal tract above the larynx into two cavities with their own distinct resonances. Where these resonances occur,  the overtones of the frequencies (or number of vibrations) from the vocal cords are amplified. Formants (from the Latin formare: to shape, or form) are resonant frequencies of the vocal tract, the natural shapes that air assumes in the vocal passage. When you make a consonant, for example, this has an effect on the formants of the neighbouring vowels, raising or  lowering formants as the vowel sound gets closer to the corsonant. Experiments have shown that two formants are sufficient in order to differentiate speech sounds from each other. 5
kuşlar, syrinx
1- Budgerigar 2- African Grey Parrot 3- Mynah bird, a member of the crow family
Birds have no larynx similar to a human's, but do have a special vocal organ, known as the syrinx, that enables them to produce sounds. In birds, air from the lungs passes through this organ. In a sense, the bird's syrinx is the equivalent of our human larynx. One of the principal differences is that in humans, our vocal cords are positioned closer to the windpipe. So far, the fact that the bird's syrinx is deep inside the body has prevented scientists from obtaining a complete answer as to how birds produce sound. Scientists have filmed birds using infra-red and x-ray cameras, and have made close studies of their song and speech by means of fiber-optic microscopes inserted in their throats. Yet we still cannot explain the physical process by which birds produce song and imitate sounds.
insan, larynxkuş, syrinx
1- Larynx
The human voice box is located in our throats and therefore, close to the mouth. Birds, on the other hand, have their vocal organ situated in the body. For this reason, birds' vocal organ is affected by two airflows, as opposed to just one as in humans. Muscles that open and close the airways on both sides of the organ control the beginning and end points of the vocal system.
In humans, vocal sounds are produced by the flow of air from the lungs. The lungs propel air towards the voice box, and the air passing through the vocal cords there produces sounds that, in turn, are transformed into speech by means of the bronchia, the tongue, the teeth, the nasal cavity and the sinuses.
2-Syrinx
The two-branched syrinx, located deep in the breast of a bird, is situated where the two bronchia divide in the windpipe. In this complex system, the vocal organ's muscles and inner membranes affect the production of mid-tones. By contraction of the pectoral and stomach muscles, air is directed from the air sacs to the bronchia and the syrinx, where the air molecules vibrate as they pass through narrow passages. Vibrations of the tympana membrane also affect the frequency of the sound. The pressure of the air sacs in the clavicle in turn affects the tympana membrane. The syrinx muscles also affect the flow of air and consequently, the quality of sound.
Within the bird's breast, its vocal organ is like a branched instrument, located at where its voice box meets the two bronchial tubes. As shown on the adjacent page, one branch of the syrinx opens into one bronchus and the second branch into the other; and either one of these two bronchi can produce sound. Some birds can use either both sides of their voice organ simultaneously, or one of the two independently and, by this means, can produce two separate tones of the same frequency, at the same time. They can sing a high note with one side, while producing a low note with the other. And since the bird's vocal organ is situated at the juncture of the two bronchial tubes, it can produce sound from two different sources. This even allows the bird to produce two different notes simultaneously, and even to sing a duet with itself. To a great extent, sounds produced here are subsequently combined, giving birds the potential of creating rich melodies. While humans use only about 2% of the air they inhale to produce sound, birds have the ability to use it all. 6
kuşlar, fiziksel yapı1.Dil, 2. Nefes Borusu, 3. Kemikleşmiş halkalar, 4.Nefes Borusu, 5. Östaki borusuna ait kaslar, 6. Nefes borusuna ve bronşlara ait kaslar, 7. Syrinx, 8. Ara bronşlar

The physical structures used in human speech—voice box, vocal chords, tongue, lips, palate and teeth are completely different from the structures in birds, and some are completely absent. Even though talking birds do not possess these structures, they are able to produce words and expressions used by humans, and with the same intonation.
The syrinx is located in a pouch within the clavicle below the bird's throat. The membrane covering this pouch is sensitive to the air coming from the lungs, and its elasticity and complexity of the membrane are factors that determine the quality of sounds. The sound quality is also affected by the length of the windpipe, the constriction of the voice box, the neck muscles, structure of the beak, and their respective movements. In short, the complexity of the birds' syrinx determines the complexity of the sounds they produce. Its muscles affect the air flow and consequently, the quality of the sound. In parrots, budgerigars, and some songbirds, the syrinx has a greater number of muscles, and its structure is more complex.
kuşlar, renkli
Furthermore, the different techniques that parrots and budgerigars employ for imitating the human voice are most effective. Like humans, parrots have thick tongues that enable them to produce sounds resembling ours. Sound is produced by blowing air through two separate places in their syrinx, and at the same time producing the independent sounds required to produce consonants. The initial sound from the syrinx is shaped with the help of the throat, and then in the mouth with the tongue. In their research studies with grey parrots, Dianne Patterson and Irene Pepperberg reached important conclusions on vowel production: Due to the radically different anatomy of this parrot’s vocal organ, even though they lack teeth and lips, they can produce sounds that closely resemble sounds produced by humans. 7  Indeed, parrots and budgerigars can quite clearly imitate sounds such as “m” and “b,” which we normally produce with the help of our lips.
kuş, kırmızı papağan
"How many Signs there are in the heavens and Earth! Yet they pass them by, turning away from them. Most of them do not believe in God without associating others with Him."  (Qur'an, 12:105-106)
Budgerigars, however, due to their small size, are not able to use the same technique as parrots. Using their syrinx to create frequencies from 2,000 to 3,000 Hz, they then add on a second vibration. This system is known as frequency modulation or FM, the principle behind the AM (amplitude modulation) radios to be found in practically every home. These days, many FM broadcasting stations add low transmitters to their signals which, in common with normal signals, are adjustable through a transmitter, but are of a very high frequency. While the frequency of normal signals varies from 20 to 20,000 Hz, the frequency of many low transmitters starts at 56,000 Hz. The main reason for using the FM system is to offset the major disadvantage of the AM system—namely, the interference of many natural or man-made radio sounds, called "parasites." Because the weak signals of AM radio are quieter than the stronger ones, differences in signal level are formed, which are then perceived as noise. AM receivers have no facility for cutting out these parasitic sounds.
muhabbet kuşu, frekans
To solve this problem, Edwin H. Armstrong invented a system for eliminating noise caused by the power of the waves. Instead of changing the transmission signal or the strength of the transmitter, he changed the frequency of sound waves per second. Thanks to this system, the amplitude of noise (strength of sound waves) could be reduced to a minimum. But scientists are still mystified how budgerigars manage to use this same system.
kuş, muhabbet kuşu
Of course, no little budgerigar can possibly work out for itself from the time it is hatched how to apply a series of principles discovered by man only after long trials. In the same way, no parrot can know that it must produce auxiliary sounds in order to make consonants distinct or to develop systems in its throat to enable it to do so. Also, it's not possible for such a system to be the end product of a series of blind coincidences. All these complex systems we have seen are without doubt, the work of God, the Creator.
papağan, mavi

Birds' Sense of Hearing

For birds to display their talents in communicating by sound, song and in the case of some birds, words, they require excellent hearing. At critical times in their lives, their sense of hearing becomes particularly important. Experiments have shown that in order for birds to learn their species’ song, they need an auditory feedback system. Thanks to this system, young birds learn to compare the sounds they produce themselves with the patterns of a song they have memorized. If they were deaf, it wouldn’t normally be possible for them to sing recognizable songs. 8
Birds' ears are well equipped for hearing, but they hear in a different way from us. For them to recognize a tune, they have to hear it in always the same octave (a series of seven notes), whereas we can recognize a tune even if we hear it in a different octave. Birds cannot, but can instead recognize timbre—a fundamental note combined with harmonies. The ability to recognize timbre and harmonic variations lets birds hear and reply to many diverse sounds, and sometimes even reproduce them.
ses, kabiliyet
Birds' ability to perceive sound is approximately ten times keener than ours. Birds can discern ten different sounds in what humans perceive as one note. Moreover, while humans process sounds in 1/20th of a second, birds can distinguish the same sounds in 1/200th of a second.
Birds can also hear shorter notes than we can. Humans process sounds in bytes in about 1/20th of a second 9, whereas birds can distinguish these sounds in 1/200th of a second,  which means that birds are superior at separating sounds that arrive in very rapid succession. 10In other words, a bird’s capacity to perceive sound is approximately ten times greater, and in every note heard by a human, it can hear ten.11Moreover, some birds are also able to hear lower sounds than we are. Their hearing sensitivity is so finely tuned that they can even tell the difference between pieces by such famous composers as Bach and Stravinsky.
Birds’ extremely sensitive hearing functions perfectly. Clearly, each of this sense’s components is created by special design, for if any one failed to work properly, the bird would not be able to hear anything. This point also disproves the theory that hearing evolved or emerged gradually, as a result of coincidental influences.

DİPNOTLAR

4. Irene Maxine Pepperberg, The Alex Studies, Harvard University Press, England, 1999, pp. 46-47
5. http://www.linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/archive-1997.10/msg01480.html.
6. http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/Ornithology/EEB281_1_Vocalizations.htm.
7.Lesley J. Rogers & Gisela Kaplan, Songs, Roars and Rituals, Communication In Birds, Mammals and Other Animals, USA, 2000, p.81.
8. http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/bionb424/students/mdr17/neurophysiology.html.
9. (http://www.earthlife.net/birds/ hearing.html)
10. Theodore Xenophon Barber, Phd., The Human Nature of Birds, USA, 1993, p. 36.
11. Ibid., p. 37

Chapter -2 The High Level of Consciousness in Birds that Imitate Sounds

Chapter -2
The High Level of Consciousness in Birds that Imitate Sounds

bülbül, çalı
Çalı bülbülü ise 70 ayrı tür kuşa ait sesi taklit edebilir.
Birds, and in particular the group we have referred to as "sound imitators," have an astonishing talent for mimicry. This demonstrates that these creatures have a definite consciousness, for in order to use their talent, birds have to know what they want to imitate, the word's stress and intonation, evaluate its timing very carefully and then make a number of adjustments. Moreover, a bird must have a good memory to be able to remember and repeat the sounds it has heard.
At this point, it shouldn’t be overlooked that mimicry is a skill that even the majority of intelligent, conscious people do not possess. It is impossible or somewhat difficult for many of us to imitate songs or sounds we’ve heard in a way that’s true to the original. People who are talented mimics attract much attention and are praised for their keen powers of observation. But all members of a given species of parrot use their skills of mimicry effortlessly—another indication that they possess consciousness.
It should be pointed out, however, that the “consciousness” possessed by birds does not resemble ours. Man has skills that no other living creatures have such as the ability to think, make comparisons, understand, learn, draw conclusions from what we’ve learned, and use that knowledge for innovation. Above all, man is a being who is answerable to God for his deeds. In a verse of the Qur’an, God conveys the following:
It is He Who created the heavens and the Earth in six days when His Throne was on the water, in order to test which of you has the best actions… (Qur'an, 11:7)
lyrebird, çelenk
Çelenk kuyruklu kuş (lyrebird) dünyanın en iyi taklitçi kuşlarındandır. 12 farklı kuş türüne ait sesleri taklit edebilir. Bundan başka, kameranın motorunun pervane sesini, bir şalterin kapanma sesini, araba motorunun veya saat alarmının sesini çıkarabilir. Kendi bölgesinde kullanılan elektrikli testere sesini bile taklit edebilir.
As the verse says, man is responsible to God:
Then [He] formed him and breathed His Spirit into him and gave you hearing, sight and hearts... (Qur'an, 32:9)
papağanlar, renkli
Göklerde ve yerde ne varsa O'nundur, itaat-kulluk da (din de) sürekli olarak O'nundur. Böyleyken Allah'tan başkasından mı korkup-sakınıyorsunuz? (Nahl Suresi, 52)
This conveys that man is given a "soul" by God, and will have to account for his deeds in this world. Birds and other animals do not have this responsibility; they merely have to carry out the tasks God has inspired in them and are instruments through which we may witness His supreme power. In a verse of the Qur'an, God declares the following:
Do you not see that everyone in the heavens and Earth glorifies God, as do the birds with their outspread wings? Each one knows its prayer and glorification. God knows what they do. (Qur'an, 24:41)

The Skills of Understanding and Learning in Birds

Of all the talking birds, the African grey parrot is known to be the most talented in respect to understanding and learning. Next come the Amazon parrots, especially yellow napes, the blue fronts, red loreds, and the double yellowheads. Macaws also have vocal learning, but usually vocalize in a loud and rough manner. Unlike the macaw, the cockatoo, another of the parrots with vocal learning, has a sweet voice. But neither species can be taught as easily as the African grey parrots or the Amazons. Mynahs are also known to be particularly good at speaking. One mynah, for example, when approached by a child, can say "Hello." And if the child responds with the same greeting, the bird can ask, "How are you?" Even more interesting, it can continue by asking, "What's your name?" 12
alex studies, bilim
Prof. Irene Pepperberg'in 1977 yılından beri "hayvan davranışları ve hayvan-insan iletişimi" konusunda yaptığı çalışmalar, kuşların konuşma ve anlama yetenekleri hakkında derinlemesine bilgi vermiştir. Bilim adamları kuşların iletişimindeki kompleksliğin daha yeni yeni anlaşılmaya başlandığına inanmaktadırlar.
One of parrots' striking abilities is that they can relate their speech to subjects or movements. For example, a parrot greeted with "Good morning" every time the cover is taken off the cage can, one morning when the cover is removed, say the phrase of its own accord. You have probably heard from several owners that their birds can say, "Hello" when the phone rings or "Who is it?" when some one rings the doorbell. What's more, most birds can do this without being taught, since they can make connections between events and what is said at the time.
For a long time, it was believed that parrots and other talking birds simply imitate what they hear, but recent research has shown that these creatures have surprising cognitive abilities. Only recently have scientists begun to understand the complexity of the bird’s communication system. Studies conducted since 1977 by Professor Irene Pepperberg on the subject of animal behavior and animal-human communications give detailed information about birds’ skills in speaking and comprehension. In one of her most important works, the study was conducted with four African Grey Parrots. The oldest of them, “Alex,” could communicate with the researchers, use specific words, express his wishes, knew the concepts of “same” and “different,” could count and identify objects, colors, shapes and materials.13  According to scientists, these skills were not automatic, but the results of learning, which in turn is a sign of a high level of consciousness.14 Naturally this is the inspiration of God. It is ridiculous to imagine that a small piece of flesh composed of insentient atoms can exhibit such complex talents of its own accord. God shows us His incomparable creative art in the talents He has inspired in living creatures.
alex, şuur
Prof. Irene Pepperberg'in eğittiği "Alex" adlı kuş sadece cümlecikleri üretmek ve kavramakla kalmamakta, aynı zamanda kendisine öğretilen kategori, miktar, renk ve boyut gibi kavramları da anlayabilmektedir. Hayvanlarda gördüğümüz bu yüksek şuur, Allah'ın canlılara olan ilhamıdır.
We will describe in greater detail the work of Professor Pepperberg and use some examples of Alex's behavior to show what a parrot is capable of doing. If we generalize about his skills, not only can he produce and comprehend sentences, but he also understands concepts of category, "same/different," absence, quantity, color and size. He can tell whether one object is different from another, and whether there is such an object in the room.15
- Alex has learned the names of more than 40 objects: paper, key, nut, wood, wheat, truck, "hide" (rawhide chips), "peg wood" (clothespins), grain, cork, corn, walnut, block, box, "showah" (shower), banana, pasta, gym, cracker, "scraper" (nail file), popcorn, chain, kiwi, shoulder, "rock" (a lava stone beak conditioner), carrot, gravel, cup, citrus, back, chair, chalk, water, nail, grape, grate, treat, cherry, wool, green bean, and "banerry" (apple).
alex, nesneler
Alex adlı bu eğitimli papağan farklı şekil ve renklerdeki nesnelerden kaç tanesinin yeşil üçgen ya da mavi dörtgen olduğunu söyleyebilmektedir. Bilinç ve akıldan yoksun canlıların öğrenme yeteneği geliştirmeleri, öğrendiklerini hafızalarında saklayıp, yerli yerinde kullanmaları Allah'ın bu canlılara olan ilhamıdır.
- He has functional use of “no,” phrases such as “Come here,” “I want—,” and “Wanna go—” using appropriate names for objects or locations.
- He has also acquired attributes. He can identify seven colors, “rose” (red), blue, green, yellow, orange, grey, and purple.
- He can name five different shapes as two-, three-, four, five -, or six-cornered objects. He uses “two,” “three,” “four,” “five,” and “sih” (six) to distinguish quantities, including groups of unfamiliar items, heterogeneous collections, and sets in which objects are arrayed at random.
- Alex has a limited comprehension of “category.” He has learned, for example, not only that “green” is one example of the category “color,” but also that for a particularly colored and shaped object, “green” and “three-corner” represent two of its different attributes. Thus he categorizes such objects with respect to either attribute based on our vocal query of “What color?” or “What shape?” Because the same object can be the subject of either a shape or a color question at different times, Alex must be able to change his basis for classification. Such an ability to reclassify is thought to indicate the presence of “abstract aptitude.”
- He can request or refuse more than 100 objects, categorize and count them, and combine adjectives with the names. In tests evaluating this skill, he has a success rate of 80%.
- Alex has also learned to answer questions concerning abstract concepts, such as “same” and “different.” For example, when shown two objects of the same color, shape or material, he knows which category the objects have in common, or in which category they are different. Or if the objects have no category in common, he is able to answer “none.”alex, şekiller
- The studies also showed that Alex can give the right answers in regard to nouns, colors, shapes and materials not used in training sessions. For example, he can give the correct answer to the question of “What’s the same?” when presented with a green triangular piece of wood and a blue one.
- If a trainer hands Alex something different from what he asked for, Alex usually says “No” and repeats his original request. Moreover, he can correctly say which of two objects is the larger or the smaller. If they’re the same size, he answers, “None.”
- Given a series of objects of different shapes and colors, Alex can say how many of them are, for example, green triangles or blue squares. Able to sort different bottle tops according to size, he can also combine words to say “I want a green nut” or express wishes in simple sentences such as, “Come here.”
papağan, yetenek
- To study the parrot’s conceptualization ability, Alex was asked, “What color is object X?” Out of 100 objects of different shapes, colors, and materials, he has a success rate of 81.3% in answering correctly. His correct answers show that he understands all the elements of the question and chooses the right answer by obtaining the required information from objects he is shown.
papağan, ibikli
As Alex’s example shows, parrots given the necessary training can memorize fairly long sentences, use them appropriately, and use them to reply to various questions. In addition, they can recognize various words and combine them appropriately. Nowadays, parrots are rated along with dolphins and whales as possessing a high level of intelligence. About the intelligence and talents of parrots, The Augusta Chronicle has this to say:
New research suggests that parrots, like chimps and dolphins, are capable of mastering complex intellectual concepts that children cannot handle until age 5.16
Communication in animals—a dog's bark, for example—is usually innate behavior, not learned. In many species of birds, also, the basic sounds can be instinctive signals, innate and automatic. But the ability to imitate specific sounds is different matter that requires learning. Research shows that in species of birds such as the psittacine group (parrots, crested parrots, budgerigars), corvids (crows, ravens, jays) and the Cracticidae (Australian magpies, currawongs, butcherbirds) most vocal skills are learned behavior.17
We should not forget that these talents do not originate with the creatures in question. It is by God's inspiration that these creatures with no rationality develop learning skills and then store in memory what they learned and use it in context.
İnsanlardan, hayvanlardan ve davarlardan da renkleri böyle değişik olanlar vardır. Kulları içinde ise Allah'tan ancak alim olanlar 'içleri titreyerek-korkar'. Şüphesiz Allah, üstün ve güçlü olandır, bağışlayandır. (Fatır Suresi, 28)
SCIENTISTS ARE SURPRISED BY THE INTELLIGENCE MANIFESTED IN BIRDS
yeşil papağan
Carlio Melo, a brain researcher in Rockefeller University's animal behavior laboratory, says:
". . . in the beginning of the century up to the 30th and 40th, people believed that the brain of birds were very simple and they were considered primitive. And that created a lot of problems, a lot of prejudice actually. It's funny to think about this in science, but it does happen. … Birds are very, very intelligent in many ways… That means many birds, particularly those birds that have vocal learning such as song birds, parrots and hummingbirds, they have a very high brain to body ratio… That means these are very, very smart animals."*http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s162563.htm

The Surprising Memory of Birds

Their skills in imitating sound are directly related to birds' ability to recall sounds they have heard. According to the research team at the Free University in Berlin, when conducting research into how a bird imitates sound, the following points should be addressed:
Vocal imitation which is so common in human beings is quite rare in nonhuman organisms. Until now, it has been documented only for a few families of birds (e. g. oscine birds and parrots) and some mammals (e. g. marine mammals and bats). As an inquiry into this accomplishment we study the properties of memory mechanisms that allow individuals to first acquire, then memorize and finally vocally imitate a set of auditorily experienced signal patterns. Our biological model is the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos). Males of this species are able to auditorily learn and accurately reproduce more than 200 different types of songs. Thus, a central aim of our study is to uncover how these birds successfully cope with complex learning tasks, and how they effectively retrieve their memory-stored data later in life…18
Birds' have memories of surprisingly high capacity. Not only do they recall the exact location of where they spend their summers and winters, but also the precise location of various foodstuffs they have stored for use in the winter and of plants whose nectar they have drunk. In fact, some birds have longer-term memories than humans. In order to survive cold winter days of heavy snow, some bird species bury thousands of seeds in autumn and remember all of those different places when winter comes, months later. 19
hayvanlar, seslendirmeİnsan dilinin bir özelliği olan seslendirmeyi öğrenmek hayvanlarda çok nadir rastlanan bir özelliktir. Bu özelliğin çok az sayıda hayvanda olduğu bilinmektedir: 3 grup kuş (papağanlar (psittaciformes), ötücü kuşlar (oscine passeriformes) ve sinek kuşları (trochiliformes)) ve memelilerden de yarasalar, balinalar-yunuslar (cetaceans)... Diğer hayvan türlerinin tamamının yalnız doğuştan gelen sesleri ürettikleri bilinmektedir.
It’s certainly a miracle that a bird has such a capacity for memory and learning. At the same time, this makes nonsense of evolutionists’ claims that creatures evolved. Evolutionary theory cannot explain how birds are able to store in memory sounds they have heard and then use them appropriately. Evolutionary assertions cannot explain how birds have come to possess such a memory. (For detailed information, see the chapter headed “Talking Birds Invalidate Evolutionary Claims”).
It’s not possible for a bird to set up a system for storing what it has learned in its tiny brain. It’s similarly impossible for a special structure to form in a bird’s brain by chance. Birds’ ability to recall sounds and information is just one of the many talents God has granted to these creatures.

Tests Conducted on Talking Birds

God has granted to talking birds some extraordinary talents, as revealed in studies conducted on African Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) by Professor Irene Pepperberg.
In the course of their studies, Pepperberg and her colleagues conducted simple but meaningful conversations with Alex rather than repeating meaningless words or phrases over and over. One person would ask—and the other answer—such questions as, "What shape is the wood?" "How many?" and "What object is blue?" The one asking the questions praised the other party for correct answers. The same study was repeated using the same model and content, but different categories. After these studies, when Alex used the words appropriately, he was given the object he asked for and told that he was "a good boy." By this training method, as already mentioned, Alex learned the names of more than 100 objects, and to respond correctly to questions relating to their shapes, colors and structures.20 By observing the two people talking, he could understand what those carrying out the test were saying to him and could respond to them in a meaningful way. Most of the time, he listened to two people asking each other questions in a systematic way. After a time, he started expressing wishes such as "Tickle me" or "I want popcorn." When offered something other than the food he asked for, he would refuse it and repeat his request. He would ask to be taken to different places—for example, "Wanna go chair." If taken to the wrong place, he would stay on the person's arm and repeat what he wanted.
alex, yetenek
Allah'ın dilemesi ile bu hayvanlar, kendi beyin kapasitelerinden beklenmeyecek ölçüde üstün bir yetenek göstermekte ve insanları hayrete düşürecek davranışlar sergilemektedirler.
In another test, Alex was shown a tray of seven objects like a purple key, yellow wood, green leather, blue paper, an orange peg, gray box, and a red truck; and asked which one was gray, Alex would look carefully at all seven objects and answer, "Box." A red paper triangle and a blue wooden triangle were put on the tray. When asked what was the same, he answered, "Shape." 21mavi kuş, papağan
Research and tests conducted on parrots and other talking birds are not just limited to Alex. Another rather surprising example is a small parrot named Blue Bird. Within a few weeks of the project's start, this bird started talking in a meaningful way and learned to ask for things understandably. When he wanted someone to open the door of his cage or any other door, he could use phrases like, "Open the door," "Can I have some?" when he wanted something someone was eating, or "Take a shower" when he wanted someone to turn the water on so he could bathe.22
Blue Bird wasn't taught words directly or formally. Instead, his trainer, Sheryl C. Wilson, would say words slowly and in context, for example, "Open the door" on opening the door of his cage. The bird seemed to understand. Using this method, in a short time he began to use these words in their proper context: "How are you?" "Whatcha doing?" "Where you going?" "Hello," "Good morning," "Good night" and "Such a sleepy little birdie." He could also comprehend and obey Wilson's requests such as "Get down," "Please go into your cage," and "No!" Whenever his owner called, the bird would fly straight to her. 23
All this information shows how some birds can, in common with humans, use general and abstract concepts and remember information stored in their memory. As with parrots, which have the appropriate anatomical structures to imitate human sounds, certain other birds can also talk to us in a meaningful way. No doubt they urge us to think of them as indicators of the knowledge and wisdom in God's creation. It is God Who creates birds with diverse talents like speech and mimicry. By His will, these creatures exhibit behavioral skills that surpass expectations of their brain capacity to an astonishing degree. This, together with thousands of similar examples in nature, lets people see God's power, strengthening the faith of those who already believe and allowing many who do not know God as they should to consider the reality of creation.
manzara, renkli kuşlar
God has commanded us to ponder the vast evidence in the skies and upon Earth. However, it should not be forgotten that only those who listen to the voice of their conscience will be able to see this manifest evidence and conceptualize its meaning with God's consent:
Have they not looked at the sky above them: How We structured it and made it beautiful and how there are no fissures in it? And the Earth: how We stretched it out and cast firmly embedded mountains onto it and caused luxuriant plants of every kind to grow in it, an instruction and a reminder for every penitent human being. (Qur'an, 50:6-8)
PAPAĞAN VE MUHABBET KUŞLARININ KONUŞMALARINDAN ÖRNEKLER...
papağan, konuşmaYARAMAZ, YARAMAZ ÇOCUK!papağan, hayvanların konuşmasıSENİN ADIN NE? BILL, BILL GATTER. BEN ŞIK BİR PAPAĞANIM. EVET.
papağan, konuşma3HADİ, KONUŞ BENİMLE!papağan, konuşma... BİR KÖPEK NE DER? HAV HAV. BİR KÖPEK NE DER? MİYAV.
papağan, konuşma5O NEDİR? BİR FİNCAN ÇAY. O NEDİR?papağan, konuşmaSENİ GÖREBİLİYORUM. BOO!
papağan, konuşma7BAK NE YAPTIN.papağan, konuşma8KARA KOYUN. YÜNÜN VAR MI? EVET EFENDİM. BİR TANE SAHİP İÇİN. BİR TANE...
uhabbet kuşu, konuşma1ELDEKİ BİR KUŞ, ÇALIDAKİ İKİ KUŞA BEDELDİR.muhabbet kuşu, konuşma2OLMAK YA DA OLMAMAK. İŞTE BÜTÜN MESELE BU. CANDY (ŞEKER) BİR YILDIZ.
muhabbet kuşu, konuşma3MERHABA BAY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH. SİZ İYİ BİRİSİNİZ.muhabbet kuşu, konuşma4ÖYLEYSE SEVİMLİ ÇOCUK KİM?
Yukarıdaki kareler Nature yayınlarının "Parrots: Look Who's Talking" (Papağanlar: Bakın Kim Konuşuyor) adlı belgeselinden alınmıştır. Burada yer verdiğimiz ifadeler papağanların ve muhabbet kuşlarının öğrenebildikleri cümlelerden sadece birkaçıdır.
havuz, kuşlar
Kendinden (bir nimet olarak) göklerde ve yerde olanların tümüne sizin için boyun eğdirdi. Şüphesiz bunda, düşünebilen bir kavim için gerçekten ayetler vardır. (Casiye Suresi, 13)

Communication and Signaling in Birds

Birds produce meaningful communications by their facial expressions, beak movements, feather ruffling, elongating their necks, crouching, bouncing, and flapping their wings. Although each species has its own body language, many different species interpret movements in the same way. For example, various species interpret an upward thrust of the beak as expressing the intention to fly, and the lowering of the breast as a warning of danger. Also, several species perceive raising the tail feathers as a threat, or displaying bright colors atop of the head as a declaration of the intent to attack. Via facial expression, birds can convey a variety of messages to those around them—negative feelings such as dislike and resentment, as well as positive ones like pleasure, enthusiasm and curiosity.24
Birds produce different facial expressions by movements of the beak, or by positioning the feathers above the beak, on the chin, or atop the head. In some species, the feathers above the eye can also move independently. Moreover, many species make a display by opening their beaks. For example, the tawny frogmouth opens its beak to reveal its large, bright green oral cavity, emphasizing the size of its beak and making it appear more intimidating. Some other species open their beaks as a form of threatening behavior, usually silently, but sometimes enhance the performance with hissing or loud breathing.25
kuş, tüyler
Besides communicating by means of body language, birds produce a great variety of sounds to communicate with other members of their flock, neighbors, or family members. These range from short, simple calls to songs that are surprisingly long and complex. Sometimes birds such as the green woodpecker use different instruments or, like the American woodpecker, use special feathers to produce sound.
Birds also communicate through smell, though since their sense of smell is poor, their communication is based mainly on sound and sight. At times of poor visibility, as at night or in dense foliage, sound is most advantageous, and is also the ideal method for long-distance communication. If conditions are right, birdsong can be heard for up to a few kilometers.
kanarya, beyin
a- SESSİZLİK b- İŞİTME VE ŞARKI SÖYLEME c- SADECE İŞİTME d- SADECE ŞARKI SÖYLEME
Yukarıdaki resimlerde, ötücü kuşlardan olan kanaryanın işitme ve şarkı söyleme sırasında beyninde aktif olan bölgeler gösterilmektedir.
As we have seen in the example of Alex, the African Grey, birds also have conceptualization and communication skills. In certain circumstances, they demonstrate talents equivalent to those of children of primary-school age, learning series of words and other means of human communication through social interaction. When alone, these parrots play vocalization games and when in the company of people, they join vocalizations together to produce new assemblages from existing sequences of speech. God, the Creator of everything on Earth and in the skies, equips them with the talents and characteristics that set them apart. Accordingly, our praises for the supreme beauty of our environment is praise that belongs to God.
kuşlar, şarkı

The Language of Calls and Songs

To call one another, birds produce sounds of extremely high frequency and strength. Only a few species such as pelicans, storks, and certain vultures have no call. The acoustic calls used by birds amongst themselves form a language of sorts. Their songs, which are longer and generally related to courtship, consist of a series of notes and usually contain melodies.
kuşlar, çığlık
To call one another, birds produce sounds of extremely high frequency and strength. Only a few species such as pelicans, storks, and certain vultures have no call. The acoustic calls used by birds amongst themselves form a language of sorts. Their songs, which are longer and generally related to courtship, consist of a series of notes and usually contain melodies. .26 These calls' main functions can be listed as follows:
  • to establish a bird's species
  • to indicate the bird's gender
  • to indicate the bird's gender
  • to demarcate and defend a territory
  • to advertise a source of food
  • to let young birds recognize their parents
  • to keep the flock together
  • to warn of the presence of an enemy
  • to intimidate an enemy
  • to intimidate an enemy
  • to mark the changeover of responsibility for nesting duties such as incubating or feeding
  • to practice and perfect songs
Usually, birdsong is not composed of randomly produced sounds. Songs are exceptionally diverse melodies of specific meaning, sung for a purpose, and are much more complex than the calls used for signaling. They are generally used by males to advertise and defend a territory, or in courtship. It is also believed that songs serve a social function. When a pair is building their nest, they also establish communication by song. Experiments on caged birds have also demonstrated that birds find it easier to learn songs if another bird is present, but out of sight, in another cage.27
sinek kuşu, şarkıSinek kuşlarının şarkıları ve bunları nasıl öğrendikleri araştırmacıları hayrete düşürmüştür. Her şarkı bireyin kendine özeldir. Sinek kuşları, doğuştan gelen bir özellik olarak değil, anne babalarından öğrenerek şarkı söylerler. (http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s162563.htm)
Male and female songbirds have different brain structures, particularly in the regions related to sound production. With many songbird species, the males can sing, but the females cannot. The males use "song" to call their mates or designate a tree, pole, or electrical cable as a place to perch. Each species sings a song with its own characteristics, but any given species' songs display variations according to age, sex, particular time of year, and geographical location—appropriate for the environment in which they live. For example, birds that live in meadows use "songs of flight." Similarly, ones that live in the dense foliage of rain forests or reed thickets have loud voices to compensate for reduced visibility.
kuşlar, kulakUyarı seslenişinin yapıldığı yer kolay belirlenemez. Bir kaynağı duymak ve yerini belirlemek genellikle iki kulakla başarılır. Kuşlar da kulakları sayesinde, yoğunluk ve zaman farkı gibi mesajın önemli unsurlarını değerlendirir ve karşılaştırırlar. Böylece mesajın şifresini çözer ve gönderenin yerini belirlerler. Ses dalgasının bir kulağa ve sonra diğer kulağa ulaşması arasındaki zaman farkı, düşük frekanslarda daha etkili bir netice verir. Frekans yükseldikçe sesin dalga boyu düşer, dinleyicinin başının büyüklüğüne göre dalga boyları arasındaki farkı anlamak güçleşir. Bu yüzden de sesin kaynağının yerini belirlemek zorlaşır. Öte yandan dinleyicinin kulak aralığının mesafesine bağlı olarak, her bir kulağa sesin ulaşması arasındaki zaman farkını kullanarak, sesin kaynağını tespit etmenin imkansız olduğu bir ses frekansı da vardır. Eğer bir kuş bu frekansı, alarm olarak kullanmışsa kendisini de doğal olarak düşmanından korumuş olur. (Lesley J. Rogers & Gisela Kaplan, Songs, Roars and Rituals, Communication In Birds, Mammals and Other Animals, USA, 2000, ss. 93-94) Bu üstün yetenek Allah'ın kuşlarda tecelli ettirdiği yaratılış harikalarından biridir.
Knowing which song to sing in which environment, and the meaning and purpose of each song, are not something that each individual bird can work out for itself. Behavior indicative of such wisdom and foresight by creatures with no reason or judgment exhibits the inspiration of God in living creatures. He creates each creature with its necessary characteristics and inspires its rational behavior.
canlılar, yaratılış
Gökleri ve yeri yaratan, onların bir benzerini yaratmağa kadir değil mi? Elbette (öyledir); O, yaratandır, bilendir. Bir şeyi dilediği zaman, O'nun emri yalnızca: "Ol" demesidir; o da hemen oluverir. (Yasin Suresi, 81-82)

DİPNOTLAR

12. http://www.alexfoundation.org/research/articles/birdsusa.html; Irene M. Pepperberg, Ph.D., Robyn J. Bright, Birds, USA, 1990 Annual.
13. http://www.alexfoundation.org.
14.Lesley J. Rogers & Gisela Kaplan, Songs, Roars and Rituals, Communication In Birds, Mammals and Other Animals, USA, 2000, p. 72.
15.Irene Maxine Pepperberg, The Alex Studies, Harvard University Press, England,1999; http://www.alexfoundation.org/research/articles/harvard/harvard.html.
16. "Parrots may be smart as chimps and dolphins", The Augusta Chronicle; http:// www.augustachronicle.com/stories/110897/tech_parrots.html.
17. Lesley J. Rogers & Gisela Kaplan, Songs, Roars and Rituals, Communication In Birds, Mammals and Other Animals, USA, 2000, p. 71.
18.http://luscinia.biologie.fu-berlin.de/research/maintop/memory_eng.html.
19. Theodore Xenophon Barber, Phd., The Human Nature of Birds, USA, 1993, p.10.
20.Lesley J. Rogers & Gisela Kaplan, Songs, Roars and Rituals, Communication In Birds, Mammals and Other Animals, USA, 2000.
21.Theodore Xenophon Barber, Phd., The Human Nature of Birds, USA, 1993, p. 4.
22.Theodore Xenophon Barber, Phd., The Human Nature of Birds, USA, 1993, p. 79-80.
23.Theodore Xenophon Barber, Phd., The Human Nature of Birds, USA, 1993, p. 80.
24. Theodore Xenophon Barber, Phd., The Human Nature of Birds, USA, 1993, s. 34.
25.Lesley J. Rogers & Gisela Kaplan, Songs, Roars and Rituals, Communication In Birds, Mammals and Other Animals, USA, 2000, p. 78-79.
26.http://whalonlab.msu.edu/Student_Webpages/Bird_song/page.
27. - http://whalonlab.msu.edu/Student_Webpages/Bird_song/page.