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University of Leicester physics students says Noah's Ark would have floated with two each of 35,000 species of animal
[NEWS.AU] NOAH'S Ark would have floated -- even with two of every animal on board, physicists have determined based on the weight of the beasts and the buoyancy of the boat.
How about Utu Napishtim's ark? Has anybody thought to ask him? They say he's still living in Dubai. I think he has an apartment in a senior building, since he's 5600 years old by now.
The students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester who came to this conclusion used the dimensions for the boat that were given in the Bible.
Why not go to the source? Maybe Utu can't remember that far back, huh?
In the book of Genesis, Noah is commanded to build an ark which is 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high to house himself, his family and two of every species of animal.
And just who shoveled that sucker out?
That one breeding pair of dung beetles were fruitful and multiplied, solving the problem the old fashioned way.
For the study, the students settled on a cubit being 48.2cm long and found the ark could support the weight of 2.5 million sheep. The university said that previous research suggested there were approximately 35,000 species of animals in Noah's time.
We all know some of the species that wouldn't fit: unicorns, the old-fashioned kind of salamander, chimerae, that sort of thing. And triceratops; they didn't make it, did they?
The students said it was not clear if all the animals would actually be able to fit on board. But if they did, the boat would still float.
Posted by: Fred 2014-04-04
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