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Claim CH512.1:

There was room for all the animals aboard Noah's ark because juveniles of the largest animals (animals larger than about 10 kg = 22 lb.) were taken.

Source:

Woodmorappe, John, 1996. Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study, Santee, CA: ICR, p. 13.

Response:

  1. Even assuming the largest animals were juveniles, the ark would still have been overcrowded.

  2. Noah was instructed to take "the male and its mate," implying sexual maturity of the animals (Gen. 7:2). Juveniles do not have mates.

  3. Juveniles must still be old enough to be weaned and, in some cases, socialized to learn behaviors from their parents. This would make many of the animals old enough to be mostly grown already.

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