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What did the carnivores eat after they finally got off Noah's ark?

Every meal would have literally meant the end of a herbivore species!!

Speaking of which, what did the herbivores eat, if all plants were under water for almost a year? (to my knowledge, normal vegetation don't do too well under water)

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Let's pretend that the flood was world-wide and that Moses loaded carnivores onto his ark to preserve them.

    The Bible teaches that Noah brought **7** of every clean animal on board, and also that those aboard the ark disembarked after (roughly) an entire year. The very day that Noah disembarked he sacrificed animals to God - and did not exterminate a species when he did so.

    How many squirrels, rabbits and other such prey animals were on the ark by the time the animals were released? How quickly do such animals reproduce in a pristine, *nearly* predator-free environment? How long can predators survive between meals?

    2) Speaking of which, what did the herbivores eat, if all plants were under water for almost a year? (to my knowledge, normal vegetation don't do too well under water)

    The Bible teaches that Noah did not disembark until vegetation had already begun to regrow.

    - Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com/

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    It entertains me greatly when fundy's really put effort into showing how physically realistic and possible noah's ark might be as a boat, only to offer up "magic food & water sources" etc for the answer to this golden oldy :P

  • 9 years ago

    What? A scientific impossibility in the bible! I'm sure the Christians won't be all "It's not literal" and see that their beliefs are wrong!

    Seriously though. They won't listen

  • Vin
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    No carnivores entered the ark... their were none...

    There was enough food on the ark to last until new vegetation grew.....

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    They all went to McDonalds, obviously.

    Source(s): The story never made any sense anyway, might as well keep up the trend.
  • Ruth
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    You forget...with God all things are possible. Maybe they didn't require food.

  • Duh the unicorns.

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