Wouldn't the plants and wildlife be pretty much gone after a flood that lasted that long?
2007-12-05 03:35:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All the dead. bloated, and rotting corpses that were left sticking out of the mud.
That's just a guess...
2007-12-05 03:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by Azure Z 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
First, they had to wait a few months to clear out an ark that could magically hold hundreds of millions of species.
The lowest of the herbivores had to eat crap like algae and stuff. The bigger herbivores have to wait a few months to eat larger bushes and trees.
Then the carnivores had to wait a few years until the herbivores could gather up to a size-able population that eating them wouldn't ruin their chances of reproducing. That would probably take a while, because inbreeding causes severe genetic defects, especially in a gene pool of 2.
2007-12-05 12:28:40 · answer #2 · answered by Moo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God populated the Earth with plants / vegetation after the flood. Read Genesis again: when Noah let the dove out and it came back the dove bring olive leaves in the beak. Besides He created plants and vegetation in one day, there was no problem for Him to restore it again after the flood.
Besides plants, aquatic life survived the flood out of the ark, so there was plenty of fish for everyone to eat.
2007-12-05 12:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by Darth Eugene Vader 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The fish that were left in shallow lakes and potholes.
Blue-green algae.
Floating seaweed and emergency animal food dropped by Homeland Security and USA Forest Service helicopters.
Source: The Bible.
2007-12-05 11:48:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
thats why there were two of everything... they multiplied while on the Ark so when Noah dropped the gate, they, literally, ran for their lives! :-)
Noah was dumping the "fertilizer" over the side of the Ark so by the time it touched ground, there was plant life growing.
2007-12-05 11:55:15 · answer #5 · answered by pammypanda1 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well...If they're anything like my dog they enjoyed feasting and dining on their own poo, and since there was so much rain I'm sure there was a lot of new plant growth within a week for them to graze on. "Recycling" could hold them over that long.
;-P
2007-12-05 11:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by Leizl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some plants can live under water for very long times just fine, certainly for that period of time. And consider their seeds. And there were only 2 of every creature.
2007-12-05 11:41:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Good point...!
But the dove came back with a twig of some kind...
I think god turned it into more food...
or just shared it between all of the animals..
Poor things, I'm surprised they survived...
2007-12-05 12:08:50 · answer #8 · answered by Missy 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They were in the ark long enough for the vegetation to grow back. Do you think that God could create the animals, then not be able to provide food for them?
God bless!
2007-12-05 11:42:01 · answer #9 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 5⤊ 4⤋
The floating, bloated corpses of the unfortunate victims.
2007-12-05 11:40:50 · answer #10 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋