If the story of Noah's Ark was true, how could the fish have survived?

Question

It's a load of crap. The fish could have lived in the oceans.

I suppose Noah just put a giant fishbowl in the wooden ark and fed them occasionally?!

But Sumarai Noah is supposed to have taken 2 of EVERY creature on board the ark!

i've have always wondered how since he put a pair of each animal on the boat, how did he feed the ones that are meat eaters. wouldn't they have to be fed using some of the other animals. after all 40 days & nights is along time to go with out eating.

Answer 1

And why save nits, tape worms and botflys??

Answer 2

i've have always wondered how since he put a pair of each animal on the boat, how did he feed the ones that are meat eaters. wouldn't they have to be fed using some of the other animals. after all 40 days & nights is along time to go with out eating.

Answer 3

If the story of Noah and the flood was true (and even if it isn't) the fish would have survived because the earth, in the story, was "flooded", i.e., covered with water, and fish "live " in water (obvious answer).

If the story had been that "God" had dried up the earth, i.e., removed all water, then instead of a boat, Noah would have made a huge aquarium., while collecting two of every type of sea creature and fish, along with two of each animal so as to provide them with water until the drought had ended.

There is geological evidence that in many parts of the world, a flood of sizable porportions did take place. Most cultures, espeically those in the MIddle East, have accounts of such a flood in thier mythologies (or scriptures, if one's prefers). However, not all cultures speak of such an event so it was probably not a world wide occurance.

My question to you is, "Why did you bother to ask a question that you also posted the most obvious answer to?"

Answer 4

Why would he put them in a bowl when there was more than enough water around? Anyway, it can't be a true story. How the hell would one man collect every creature on the entire planet in time? By the time he got there it MUST have been underwater already or his ark would'nt float.

Answer 5

I think the story of the flood is true, but the flood was only over what we now call the Mediterranean Sea area. It flooded when the narrows at the Rock of Gibraltar opened to the Atlantic. The rain was caused by the moisture then available from the new water source. The Arks landing site at Mount Arafat is very close to the Mediterranean Sea of today. So fish (both fresh and saltwater) would have been OK as the rest of the world was not flooded.

Answer 6

No, i don't think it is, it is rather an early form of an apocolypse. The first 11 chapters of Genesis i believe is a book unto itself, comprising an image of the New testament minus the Epistles . . . The story of Noe then is an apocolypse like as to revelation and is related to the story of abraham . .. for where there were many they become one in Noah and where there was one in Abraham it becomes a flooding sea across the globe and the Church is the new ark.

-LOVE your neighbor as yourself.
Amen.

Answer 7

Wouldnt it have been pretty hard to round up EVERY animal in the world? Even savage beasts from the Amazon? Australia? the Arctic?
Its just a myth, anyone who actually believes that the Noahs ark fantasy took place needs to step back and join reality. If people want to take the bible as a metaphor fine, but trying to accept that it represents objective history is ludicrous.

Answer 8

The fish didn't go on the ark, they didn't have boarding passes, so they stayed in the water where they belong, with Noah & Mrs Noah keeping a regular eye on them and feeding them occasionally.

Answer 9

of course its crap. Never mind the fish, what did he feed the animals for 4 months? How did he stop the lions eating the cows? What did he and his family eat?

Answer 10

Thats because its not true. Studies have shown that the ark would have had to be the size of 2 football pitches to have held every species on earth, impossible for a man to build, it would take years. Also the wood Noah was supposed to have used would never have been strong enough for a ship that size. This ship would have been collosal! Where is it now? There would surely be remains of it. It came to rest on top of a mountain! Surely it wouldn't be hard to find?

Answer 11

My initial reaction to your post was; "Here's another bible joke!"
In all seriousness, ofcause he didn't bring the fish into the ark. That would include both saltwater and freshwater fish.

God works miracles to save the planet....and He will save it again, no joking.