All kinds could fit

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Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 External Links 6 References 7 Related claims 8 Acknowledgments

Claim

Noah's Ark could have carried pairs of all kinds of animals for a year.

Source

• Woodmorappe, John, 1996. Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study, ICR, Santee, CA.

Responses

1. This is rather vague, since the word kind has always been poorly defined by creationists. If one denies speciation, then every modern species alive today must have been represented, which easily puts the number of different species on the order of millions.
2. What about parasites and diseases? They had to be carried as well--most won't survive in salty water or outside their hosts. How about diseases that have a life cycle less than 40 days? There are often hundreds of different parasites and diseases that affect each different species, many of them causing fatal sickness, some within days. Was every animal and person crawling with these creatures, somehow managing to survive the combined effect of being infected with them all at once? Which member of the crew volunteered to be infected with malaria or loa loa?
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Fallacies contained in this claim

• Just So Story ("Kinds" of animals used solely to make Noah's job easier)
• Equivocation (What does "Kind of animal" mean?)
• Affirming the Consequent (because the animals could have fit on the ark does not mean they did)

External Links

• Isaak, Mark, 1998. Problems with a Global Flood, 2nd edition. [1]

References

1. Isaak, Mark, 1998. (see above)
2. Woodmorappe, John, 1996. (see above)

Related claims

• Insects survived on floating vegetation mats
• Juveniles of large animals were taken aboard
• Average land animal is the size of a sheep
• Animals hibernated on the Ark
• Crew could feed and care for animals
• Many animals don't require fresh or live food
• Pre-Flood animals lived in a uniform climate
• Animals' exacting needs could have evolved after the flood

Acknowledgments