The Flood - Animals and their minimum food requirement

Kind of a big logical leap there is it not? From "some animals have the ability to hibernate or aestivate in response to no food" to "the small number of species which under no circumstances.....".Where is the documentation that it is a small number? Many birds migrate instead of hibernating. There is little evidence of hibernation/aestivation in the tropics, food or no food. So far there is one documented case, a lemur in Madascar.
Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's QuestionsI think hibernation is not a viable solution to the question of food supply/waste removal on the Ark until someone comes up with some evidence most animals can in fact hibernate. You would think it would have been mentioned in Genesis also. Kind of an important fact to leave out if you wanted your story to be believed. All that detail on the Ark construction and not one peep about hibernation to conserve food.

Sorry CK. I guess it was my fault because I referenced the detail on Ark construction and compared it to the lack of mention of hibernating animals as Faith was speculating. As usual Faith ignored the context and turned the reference into evidence for her position. Here is the sequence. You be the judge.

I don't think Noah had a conventional baler let alone a bulk baler. Who knows. though. It doesn't say he didn't so that is good enough for some.

Exactly. The situation would have been dire without stored food on the ark. So instead of a year's supply we are talking conservatively of a need for an 18 month to 24 month supply. It makes it even tougher for the apologists. Well, at least the animals are pooping outside now that the Flood is over. Maybe they composted the stored poop - maybe the ark became one giant compost bin and they used the compost to help get the food plants going again. But wait, the ark is on top of the mountain where it is cold - that is why they didn't need freezers to store the meat, right? - so they would have had to haul the compost down the mountain to a warmer climate. Drat, all of these "inconvenient truths" make it hard to be a Flood apologist.

But it should give you pause that everyone on this board who has had extensive scientific training disagrees that you have managed to make any scientific points in defense of the YEC position. Edited by deerbreh, : Fix quote codes