Noah's Ark volume calculation

If you really run a ranch, consider the Ark builders workload:a.Food to be grown not only for Noah and Co.during construction, but for the future feeding of all--humans, diversified livestock, birds, insects, critters of all varieties and appetities. Carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous, etc, etc, etc. Live food eaters have their specialties rounded up, caged and fed daily.b. Trees to be felled, dragged to worksite, sawn by hand, shaped, fitted, fastened, and preserved in some way.Someone has to take the wagons and find or trade pitch. If metals are needed for bracing or pegging the hull, someone has to find the minerals or metals, refine, forge, fashion the pieces needed. Simultaneously, the chores still have to be done, food crops weeded, pests deterred, fertilised (at least as the herd grows, that won`t be a problem re supply). Neighbour rubber-neckers have to be talked to, borrowed from, persuaded it`s just a whim on Noah`s part.c. Roundup and corraling of species across the world. Only a couple of family members can be spared for this as remainder have hands full either cropping, or daily feeding and nurturing as herd grows. Time for chores, boat-building and crop-tending head for the back-burner.d.The big day arrives. Boat built, crops harvested and stowed (had to neglect the herd, chores, preservation of human food). Water supplies toted aboard. Assorted creatures herded to stalls, bedded down, fed, watered, soothed if fractious in confined spaces. (tho` the spiders took to it straightaway). Single gangway becomes a stinking mess as days progress, not helped by a fore-runner of rain. At nightfall, no rest as nocturnals have to be fed, watered, etc. (you get the picture)
e. At daybreak, the feeding, watering, mucking-out continues with no time for a coffee break as more critters await loading, feeding, watering, etc.
f. By loading`s end, Noah and Co. collapse from exhaustion and malnutrition.After all, there is just so much eight people can do.

Hi, Proph. Since you dodged the workload necessary to get the show on the road, I`ll give you my secret formula for Noah`s success. God gave him a really big freezer full of critters and told him not to open till he hit terra firma again. No need to collect, feed, water, transport, muck out, separate warring species---just stay away from the big white box.

Just animals? I suppose the birds will have to roost for months? Can`t have them flying and crapping everywhere.Don`t forget the pad-locked rooms for1. The millions of species of bacteria. Can`t have them wandering around the ship. Maybe several rooms as I believe certain bacteria attack others.2. Another room for viruses. Don`t want them left behind and exterminated. Do viruses survive immersion and flotation for months ?3. Another big room for the fungi. With artificial lighting as I think some are photo-active.Wow, this ship is getting packed.:-p

When you do the calculations, Proph, make sure to allow for extra food at the end. Why? Well, the critters will have to be force-fed before leaving, otherwise, in the first few days, weeks, months, the predators will--um--predate.