  
Weaving Experts In Nature
 Is it possible
to say that a creature which builds strong nests made up of
interlocked plaits on twigs using very systematic movements,
cutting long, thin strips out of fresh, green leaves, has
"learned to do this through chance"? Certainly,
the claim of "learning by chance" would be a somewhat
insufficient explanation for such skills. As you will see
in the example we are about to give, many features present
in animals openly expose how irrational and unreasonable are
the claims of the evolutionists.
The weaver bird first collects the material it will use. The
bird either cuts long, thin strips out of fresh, green leaves
or it makes use of the middle vein of the leaves. Surely,
it has a reason for using these fresh leaves. It would be
difficult for the bird to handle material from dry leaves
and to use them in weaving, whereas such processes are carried
out very easily with fresh leaf fibers. The bird begins the
work by first of all wrapping the end of a long strip, torn
from a leaf, around a twig. Holding one end of the strip against
the twig with one foot, it works the other end with its beak.
In order to prevent the fibers from falling down, it attaches
them together by tying a knot. First, the bird makes a loop.
This is the entrance to its nest. Then, using its beak like
a shuttle, it passes the leaf fibers over and under the other
fibers in an orderly way. The bird must calculate how taut
it should pull each strip during the process of weaving because,
if the weaving is loose, the nest will collapse away. In addition,
it must envisage the final shape of the nest so it can decide
when the walls of the nest should be curved or be given an
outward-projecting shape.
After weaving the entrance, the bird begins to weave the walls
of the nest. To do this, it hangs downwards and continues
to work from inside the nest. With its beak, it pushes one
fiber under another and then holds the free end of fiber and
pulls it tightly. Thus, very orderly weaving is formed.
As noted above, the weaverbird always works by following certain
steps while building its nest. First, it collects the most
appropriate material for the nest. It does not begin to weave
its nest from a randomly chosen point but first makes an entrance
and continues to build the walls from there. It is certainly
impossible to claim that the weaverbirds have acquired these
skills by unconscious coincidences. The fact that the weaverbirds
also, like all other creatures, act through the inspiration
of Allah is an evident fact that every man of reason and consciousness
can easily see.
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