ANSWERS: 13
  • Does it say a specific amount in the Bible? I'm guessing that it's two of each, male and female, so that would mean every single animal in existence. Count that and double it, who knows how many there are...I wonder if it includes things like insects, animals that didn't exist centuries before and all them pesky little loop h-details. XD
  • No one knows, keithold. They are not counted. All we know is that God said (Genesis 6) "You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive." But what that seems to mean is: makes sure you get a male and a female. Getting two of the same sex is pointless. From the next chapter, we see that, at least with the smaller animals and the edible ones, God wanted to make sure there were more than enough to breed from, "2 Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth."
  • That's easy: 2 of each!
  • Two of each... But don't you wish he'd have swatted those mosquitoes? (Or that the frogs would have gotten them?)
  • Had to be an even number, huh?
  • Too many for it to float for very long. And as hard as he looked, old papa Noah could not find a duck-billed platypus, much less a pair of them. He gave them up for lost. But, somehow, they managed to survive...on their own (?)lol!
  • all of em except for poor gonzo :(
  • He had to take in seven of the clean animals for worship to God and of the other animals two each, male and female. Gen 7:2-4 Of every clean beast you must take to yourself by sevens, the sire and its mate; and of every beast that is not clean just two, the sire and its mate; 3 also of the flying creatures of the heavens by sevens, male and female, to preserve offspring alive on the surface of the entire earth, also of the flying creatures of the heavens by sevens, male and female, to preserve offspring alive on the surface of the entire earth.
  • Most Biblical researchers believe the number of spieces was roughly 32,000.
  • The best estimate is that there are approximately 10 million species in the world today, and if one were to take the creationist view, that would mean he had to have two of each or 20 MILLION.
  • Way too many for the current ship-building technology to handle methinks. Fairy tale!
  • Well based on the tradional figures about 40,000 could have fit on the Ark. So with my recent figures based on a forgotten cubit, I would say over 80,000 animals were aboard the Ark.
  • TONS. At least all of them, if not more.

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