The variation in this is only due to the nature of what he was transferred from; each of these loves to eat in the manner he was accustomed to, and leans only toward that essence and that habit of the species (al-Jins) he was within. Therefore, comprehend my words and what I have explained to you, and you shall not go astray, God Almighty willing."

Likewise, when they are transferred from humanity to metamorphosis (al-Masukhiyya), you see them in their first mold possessing something of human movements and actions in their eating, drinking, and sleeping until they become accustomed to it [the new state]. Similarly, when they are transferred to any type of bird, you see them uttering, speaking, and whistling in a low manner more akin to human speech. You see those in humanity whistling to them, and they listen and whistle back in like manner, answering him. He shouts to them and they shout back—like the francolin, the nadhkh, and the languages of the nightingale, the turtledove, the blackbird, and the nightingale. Each one cries out and whistles according to that path, following the habit it had in humanity.

In the same way, the monkey-trainer speaks to the monkeys, and they understand what their leader commands them and do not disobey; likewise with the bear. Much of this is seen and witnessed by the eyes and cannot be denied.