I know you were just giving a creationist explanation, Quetzal, but the issue was the insect needing the fruit. So neither the insect nor the tree was on the ark; I can understand the insect being on a floating vegetation mat, but was the tree alive and growing on a floating vegetation mat? Maybe that would explain how the dove got an olive branch so fast after the waters receded!
quote:Really, I think the floating mat hypothesis has no merit whatever
For some reason this really tickled my funny bone. I think it was the understatement, after you were putting the finishing touches on an idea that didn't have a chance of surviving, anyway. It still makes me chuckle.