A serious Noah's Ark Question, re: Freshwater Fish?

Question

I have a serious question about the story of Noah's ark.

See i live near a freshwater lake, and i know that freshwater fish cannot survive in saltwater at all.

if the world flooded as described by the holy bible and the story of Noah's Ark, how then did Noah save the lives of all the freshwater fish? If the world had a global flood all of the salt would mix into lakes and rivers and wipe out all of the fish. Wouldn't they all go extinct?

Answer 1

A global flood would not only kill the fresh water fish but also the salt water fish (There are a few species such as salmon that would survive as they can be in either) ....

But don't try to tell believers they will simply say "God can do anything." it's their all purpose answer when faced with the illogical in their belief..

Answer 2

It's my understanding that Noah did not save the lives of ANY fish. The Bible says that God took fowl, cattle, every creeping thing on the earth, and later mentions all the clean and unclean beasts, and "two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life..." It says nothing about the fish in the sea. I haven't studied this, but I've always assumed that since the water on the face of the earth didn't go away but was rather multiplied, there would be no reason for those creatures to be saved since their habitat was still intact.

It is also believed by some Bible scholars that the land was divided sometime after the flood. (Check out Genesis 10:25.) I'm not sure about the freshwater/saltwater part, but perhaps this could explain it.

Answer 3

I guess there could be several possibilities:

We do not know how salty the sea was before the Flood. It may have been less salty than it is now. It may have been more salty. The Flood was initiated by the breaking up of the ’fountains of the great deep’ (Genesis 7:11). What exactly these are is not certain but there are two likely possibilities: volcanoes and/or a subterranean water. Volcanoes emit huge amounts of steam and hot water.

Many estuarine and tidepool species are able to tolerate wide changes in salinity. Starfish will tolerate 16-18% of the normal concentration of sea salt indefinitely. Barnacles can withstand exposure to less than one-tenth the usual salt concentration of seawater.

There are migratory species of fish which travel between salt and fresh water. For example, salmon, striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon spawn in freshwater and mature in saltwater. Eels reproduce in saltwater and grow to maturity in freshwater streams and lakes. The Atlantic sturgeon is a migratory salt/freshwater species but the Siberian sturgeon lives only in freshwater. Some of the fish orders with both fresh and saltwater species are the toadfish order, garpike order, bowfin, sturgeon, herring/anchovy, salmon/trout/pike, catfish, clingfish, stickleback, scorpionfish, and flatfish orders. Indeed, most of the extant orders have both fresh and saltwater representatives. This suggests that the ability to tolerate wide changes in salinity could have been present in most fish at the time of the Flood. Specialisation may have resulted in the loss of this ability in many species since then.

Answer 4

There's another story about a great flood in that area-Gilgamesh. Maybe it says.
Archaeologists have found evidence of great floods everywhere, but they were never at the exact same time.
I also read that the earth could not support the weight of the amt of water needed and it would spin off it's course.
After the flood, what did the animals eat?
If the whole world flooded, why did Noah land in the middle east...isn't that where he started? Why aren't the names of any of the wives' mentioned? And, I also wondered if the salt water fish could survive the salinity of their water being dissolved.

Answer 5

This seems accurate from our current understanding of icktheology. If one claims that the Genesis flood was in fact a universal flood most of them say that the fish were especially resilient to the salinity of the water. Then once the waters resided then they were grouped into the various salt and fresh water fish. Overtime these fish become accustomed to their environment and less resilient to changes in salinity.

They will usually point to the fish who were once saltwater fish but now are living in freshwater such as freshwater sharks or those living in delta areas.

Answer 6

In the biblical story, one should also look at the SIZE of the ark. Hehheee there are HOW MANY different species of animals/insects/birds?

One concept I have heard is that Noah's ark was a space ship with Clonable DNA. Interesting concept, it would also explain why the life spans of peopel were drastically shortened, especially if they did come from a world with a 'faster' rotation. Some of those guys b4 Noah were said to be 700+yrs old, Noah's kids and grandkids started getting shorter.

Answer 7

It makes no sense, of course. I love how M says they "didn't evolve until after the flood". Are you sure you want to say they "evolved", M? Anyway, there's always a counter, no matter how ridiculous the story is. And Noah's ark is one of the most ridiculous. Considering the number of crazy Bible stories, that's saying something. But you really have to be dense or blind to believe that one.

Answer 8

If the world was flooded enough to cover the continents and mountains, then it would be fresh water. Of course, that would mean all salt-water marine life would have to be on the boat in special cases. Along with all their food too.

Answer 9

Fish can adapt to a change of water under circumstances like noahs ark, the salt levels were different then and fish do have the ability to adapt, its far more believable to say fish adapted to a salter water than it is to say they jumped on land and grew legs and feathers...like the false religion of evolution....

Answer 10

Yup. Most of the fish would go bye-bye. Not to mention that, if the entire world was flooded, there would be so much water vapor in the air that, by simply breathing, you would drown.