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How did Noah fit all the animals on the Ark?



    
    

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Shea S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries
How did Noah fit all of those animals on the ark? Was the ark big enough to fit "two of every kind… of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of th...

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Mini Ocie Taylor Supporter
The bible says that Noah put two of every "kind" of animal on the ark. Not two of every "species" or "breed". 

So the ark may have only consisted of male and female canine, feline, pachyderm etc etc. And from these, over time, we have the various "breeds" of dogs, elephants, and big cats that we have today. 

Lions and tigers are different "species" of the same "kind" of animal: feline.

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