"You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept...," Gen 6:19-20
I dare say, a vast majority of animals capable of surviving in water such as whales, seals, porpoises, sea turtles, alligators, lobsters, shrimp, crabs and other arthropods, fish, tunicates, echinoderms, mollusks, coelenterates, and the sort would not need to be brought aboard the ark to survive. Noah had appr. 120 years to prepare for the event. 120 years to build the Ark and pack literally tons of food. He, most likely, hired laborers throughout a portion of that century; as well as capitalizing on the services of Shem, Ham and Japheth. The ark was to have rooms in it and be coated with pitch inside and out.Also,a door in the side, and lower, middle and upper decks. That's three levels, each with the potenial of a 12-15 feet height. This is, all together, a
massive unit. The total available floor space on the ark would have been over
100,000 square feet; the equivalent floor space of more than 20 standard-sized basketball courts. Assuming the average animal was comparable to the size of a sheep {generous} and using a railroad car for comparison, I can tell you from experience that the average double-deck stock car can accommodate appr. 230-250 sheep. So, three trains hauling 69 cars each would have seem ample space to carry
50,000 animals, filling only
35-40% of the ark. This would leave enough room for potentially an additional 361 cars. Or, enough to make 5 trains of 72 cars each to carry all of the food and baggage plus Noah and his family of eight people. Looking at the available specs, it would seem The Ark had plenty of space.
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I refuse to match wits with anybody who is unarmed.Anon.
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