38,000 species / 7 each = 5,428 different species of clean animals.
Where do you get 38,000 species? There are a great many more species of clean animals than that in the world.
of course we would not count any animals that were purposefully bred by humans such as dogs, cats, mice , rats , birds , bugs, etc...etc... that didn't exist in Noahs time.
What makes you think they didn't exist in Noahs time?
Im not certain but its looking like there was plenty of space especially if you don't take fully grown 18 cu ft animals into the ark.
Im not certain but I don't think that God specified that the animals needed to be fully developed.
The bible doesn't say they weren't fully developed. The obvious assumption is that they were adult.
and Im thinking that the elephants might have been tethered to the ark as they come with built in snorkels and some of the animals could ride on their backs.
Sorry Paul, April Fools Day was on Tuesday.
Bill Gill
