[Investment Biker]

For further information on my #10 post. There are approximately the following species that had to be on the ark.

251,000 insects
123,000 antrapoda (spiders, mites)
12,000 flatworms
12,000 roundworms
12,000 earthworms
9,000 birds
6,300 reptiles
4,184 amphpia
4,000 mammals

Multiply each by 2 and remember that provisions were also needed. Now just assuming 8,000 mammals that means there is just 12 sq ft (3.5 ft x 3.5 ft) for each mammal and provisions for that mammal. In that space would need to be at least 2 amphia, 3 reptiles, 4 birds, 18 worms, plus insects.

[far sider]

Most of the insects and other arthropods, as well as many plants, that survived the flood probably floated on gigantic mats of floating vegetation. The animals on the ark would mostly have been vertebrates.

Most animals are known to hibernate or estivate during periods of extreme weather, so many of the creatures may have been very inactive in this time period.

Also Noah likely took smaller immature animals on the ark, that have been easier to care for. There would have been plenty of room for all modern animals and even extinct animals like dinosaurs.

Finally, many animals that are considered different species may have developed from a single pair on the ark. For example, Asian elephants and African elephants are different species, but they may have descended from a single pair of elephants on the ark. This is true for almost all species of vertibrates.

[AppyPappy]

There is no number for the animals on the Ark recorded. You are guessing.

[Johnny Shear]

Multiply each by 2 and remember that provisions were also needed. Now just assuming 8,000 mammals that means there is just 12 sq ft (3.5 ft x 3.5 ft) for each mammal and provisions for that mammal. In that space would need to be at least 2 amphia, 3 reptiles, 4 birds, 18 worms, plus insects.

Don't forget the dinosaurs.

Yes, someone on here once tried to tell me that the dinosaurs were also on the Arc. Since the world is only 7000 years old and all.

This is probably the biggest reason why I consider the bible a very well written novel. But I guess they do call it "Faith" for a reason.

[tracer]

How narrow of you to omit the inclusion of gay animals on the ark. They had a right to be spared, too, so that they could have been able to perpetuate their species..... 8~)

[Sloth]

Pointless. If it was a miraculous occurrence, trying to quantify it is silly. If God wanted to fit the planet Jupiter in the watch pocket of my blue jeans, He could do it. But it would be fruitless trying to calculate the difficulty involved... it's like asking where all the water came from, or where it went.

[john316]

What about the fish?

[Eagle Eye]

For further information on my #10 post. There are approximately the following species that had to be on the ark.

The best translaion of "kinds" seems to be 'genus' not 'species'. That would narrow the numbers considerable and make more sense, wouldn't it?