1. Why were animals left aboard the Ark?
2. How long does it take to petrify animals?
3. Was anything ever pertified without being buried in mineral soil?
Did they find a huge pile of petrified animal poop? I'm sure there must be one..........
I think it's referring to petrified marine animals. Aparently when the cut open one of the "rock" samples that proved to be petrified wood, a marine fossil was found inside. I don't know what that would be. Could a small marine animal burrow into the wood? or find a crack or a knothole? Maybe it's just a shell.
2. How long does it take to petrify animals?
3. Was anything ever pertified without being buried in mineral soil?
I don't know. It depends on the conditions. Here are some articles on rapid petrification but they don't address animals.
Rapid Petrification of Wood: An Unexpected Confirmation of Creationist Research
Taraweras night of terror
*The Ark animals left but their kids went back. You know how kids are...
2. How long does it take to petrify animals?
*It is documented that at the San Diego Zoo an elephant went belly-up and became instantaneously petrified.when Barbra Streisand walked past. (Admittedly, that was unusual)
3. Was anything ever pertified without being buried in mineral soil?
*Yes. Lot's wife, who, by the way, is STILL more attractive than Barbra Streisand
I doubt they were. If this is the ark, the animals were probably just animals which were indigineous to the area at some later point.