produce bodies of salt water, and bodies of freshwater.
why are there freshwater fish that cannot survive in saltwater, and saltwater fins not survive in freshwater, if the world was once covered in a single body of water? ~.^
2007-03-01 07:25:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL noah had fish on the ark... maurice?!
2007-03-01 07:31:10 · update #1
Ok. No. The fish didn't die (Genesis 7:21-23)
(I WAS WRONG! GASP!)
Anyway, I looked it up. Apparently, all fish--no matter what species-- can adapt to different salinity levels in different areas of water (that's what the whole 'survival of the fittest' idea is about).
All of them. It takes time, however. The flood lasted 150 days. (Genesis 7:24) One experiment said that a freshwater fish was able to survive in 26% salinity water (about what it would be in a solution of equal amounts of fresh and salt water) after being graduated into 1% higher levels of salinity over a period of 2 months, (every two days).
In other words, saltwater fish can indeed survive in freshwater--it just takes time (and vice-versa)
Thank you Internet, year of chemistry, year of biology, and Jesus!
2007-03-01 07:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by Doug 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The standard answer is that fresh water is less dense, so the flood waters were probably fresh on top and salty underneath.
Look, either you believe in miracles, or you don't. Is believing in the flood any more or less difficult that believing that Jesus walked on water, healed the sick with a word, or came back from the dead?
Why are atheists on Y!A always obsessed with Noah and the Flood? Why not pick on Moses for awhile?
2007-03-01 07:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most fish that I know of can be slowly adapted to fresh water and vice-versa although I do not know if all can.
When the flood receded it would have taken a long time to turn the lakes from salt to fresh water. In which case all of the fish would have been salt water fish at one time that turned to fresh water.
2007-03-01 07:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by akoloutheo2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at dinosaur parks around the world they all talk about a flood that wiped out the dinos in their region. Kinda interesting.
I would assume it has something to do with filtration/ minerals in the areas around the bodies of water. This is a good question though.
2007-03-01 07:32:10 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff- <3 God <3 people 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Aliens poured all their water onto our world and then sucked it up again when they were done playing. But then they did that salt thing, too, and those must be alien fish you're talking about.
2007-03-01 07:40:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as everything else, these bodies of water were divided over time by several different things. This is actually a really good question I have never before seen anyone ask.....
2007-03-01 07:29:10 · answer #6 · answered by Theresa B 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
In the Bible there are many different styles of writings. Myth is one of them. Myths are there to teach us something.
The story of Noah is a myth. It never actually happened.
2007-03-01 07:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by Mary W 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Noah had some on the Ark
2007-03-01 07:28:58 · answer #8 · answered by Maurice H 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
If you believe in micro evolution you already have your answer.
There would not be a IMMEDIATE change from fresh to salt.
COMMON SENSE would tell you this!
2007-03-01 07:29:53 · answer #9 · answered by williamzo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same way that putting on the one ring can make you invisible.
Anything can happen in fiction.
2007-03-01 07:29:19 · answer #10 · answered by Om 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋