Animals on the Ark

[Keith Broaders]

The Bible doesn't provide a precise number of animals on Noah's Ark. Genesis 6:19-20 and 7:2-3 state that Noah was instructed to build an ark and take animals aboard to preserve them during the flood. Specifically:

• Genesis 6:19-20: God commands Noah to bring two of every kind of living creature, male and female, including birds, land animals, and creeping things, to keep them alive.
• Genesis 7:2-3: Noah is told to take seven pairs (male and female) of every clean animal, one pair of every unclean animal, and seven pairs of every kind of bird.

The exact number of animals isn't specified, as the Bible focuses on kinds (broad categories, not necessarily species). Estimates vary widely depending on interpretations:

• Some scholars estimate thousands of animals, assuming "kinds" represent broader groups (e.g., a single "dog kind" rather than every dog breed).
• Creationist sources, like Answers in Genesis, suggest around 16,000 animals, accounting for representatives of each kind, with room for variation within kinds post-flood.
• Others propose higher numbers if equating kinds to modern species, potentially tens of thousands.

Without a definitive biblical number, estimates depend on assumptions about taxonomy and the ark's capacity (450 feet long, 75 feet wide, 45 feet high, per Genesis 6:15). For a precise figure, the Bible leaves it open-ended, focusing on the preservation of life rather than a headcount. If you want a specific estimate based on a particular interpretation, I can dig deeper!

[Keith Broaders]

How much food would the animals on the ark need to consume to suruve on the ark for 370 days.?

A male and female elephant  would need to consume over 500 pounds of vegtation per day or a total of 185,000 pounds of vegetation during their 370 day stay on the ark to survive..

A male and female lion would need to consume an avarage of 30 pounds o meat per day or a total of 11,100 pound of meat while aboard Noah's Ark.

A male and female Tyrannosaurus would need to consume over 500 poubd of meat daily or a total of 185,000 pounds of meat during their  time on the Ark.

Biblical apologists suggest that before the flood all land animals were herbivores, but that were true how much vegetation would be required to feed 16,000 animals for 370 days?

If the account in Genesis is true,  dinosaurs and humans were created on the sixth day and that Noah was instructed to take a male and female of every kind land animal with him aboard the ark. 

Palentologists have found fossil reamins of 1,000 different kinds of dinosaurs that existed before the flood.