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The Ark This boat would have had to have been bigger than anything man has ever made. There are around 25 MILLION species of animal on earth. There's over three hundred fifty-thousand species of beetle alone. The sheer number of insects could fill several arks, b ....

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.... on one continent, indeed some are limited to a small island, forest, and/or mountain. How could the ark cope with all the specialized requirements of food and environments for millions of creatures? 320 different species of hummingbird alone, for example, have very high metabolic rates and have to consume large amounts of nectar throughout the day. The Ark would have had to cater for 640 hummingbirds, requiring a constant supply of insects and nectar. How could the ark cope with disposing of the waste products of all those creatures? It must have had an incredibly advanced plumbing and ventilation system, superior to anything to be found on m ....