Originally posted by RJHinds
Fish and other animals that can live under water with no need to take in a breath of oxygen are not included. Also, since plants produce seed that does not need to breath in oxygen they would not be included. God is mainly concerned with destroying the humans that think of evil constantly.
salt water fish cannot live in sweet water. and neither can sweet water fish live in the oceans
carnivorous animals cannot live on herbivore food. and their diet would rot on that ship in the year or so it's supposed to have been afloat.
some reptiles require their food to be alive otherwise they cannot eat it.
Koalas, for example, require eucalyptus leaves, and silkworms eat nothing but mulberry leaves.
Aphids, in fact, are physically incapable of sucking from wilted leaves.
"Also, since plants produce seed that does not need to breath in oxygen they would not be included."
this is freakin retarded. Some mangroves, coconuts, and other coastal species have seed which could be expected to survive the Flood itself but the rest would be destroyed if submerged in water for a week, let alone a year. i think most 5 year olds would know that.
How did sensitive marine life such as coral survive? Since most coral are found in shallow water, the turbidity created by the runoff from the land would effectively cut them off from the sun. The silt covering the reef after the rains were over would kill all the coral. By the way, the rates at which coral deposits calcium are well known, and some highly mature reefs (such a the great barrier) have been around for millions of years to be deposited to their observed thickness.