5o Species of Dinosaurs...?
I was watching a show on the Discovery Channel and scientists now are saying that there were 5o basic types of dinosaurs, and everyone came from it's own kind.
If there were but 50 types... then that means that Noah only needed enough room on the Ark... for a hundred dinosaurs...
Interesting?
(Go ahead... Feed me to the lions)
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There are more than 50 species of dinosaurs in many museum collections (not all get put on public display). "Type" is not a taxonomic term. Nor is "kind". So those terms are almost meaningless for what you are talking about.
I think you may have been hearing what you wished they were saying instead of what they said.
Dinosaurs were dead by the time of Noah. Noah lived within the last 3000 years and dinosaurs have been dead for about 100 million.
Except, of course, for the fact that Noah came almost 64 million years AFTER the extinction of the Dinos, and, oh yeah, do you think a boat the size of the Ark could have held 50 dinos with some of them the size of an Apatosaur? come ON!
I'm not really sure where that number came from. There are something like 300 dinosaur genera, and each is...still a pretty diverse group. I'd have trouble calling each one of them a "type" but whatever.
Was it maybe...50 genera in one particular period of time? "During the cretaceous period, 50 new types of dinosaurs appeared" or something? 'cause yeah, 50 is not anywhere near right for all dinosaurs ever.
Look, no matter what ridiculous lengths you go to to make the Noah's ark story seem plausible, the simple fact remains that there is no evidence at all in the geologic record for a global flood, and if there had been one, we'd be able to tell. A wise man has said "You can take the bible literally, or you can take it seriously." You just can't do both. It's mythology, and I don't mean to be dismissive in calling it that. Myths have value, if we interpret them correctly. I suggest you turn your energies in that direction.
"only" a hundred dinosaurs hmm?
how does the phrase "only a hundred elephants" grab you?
well of course I should know better, that's not a problem, because the ark was bigger on the inside than it was on the outside, you know, like the TARDIS. or so I've been told... maybe it was on Discovery Channel...
Dinosaur eggs were brought into the ark, just like the other species were eggs, or very young. Besides Dinosaurs are mentioned in the bible (leviathans) and they were fire breathing reptiles with tails the size of cedar trees. Maybe they were able to live in the water.
noah knew that the dinosaurs were not meant to fit in with mamals so he told the dinos that the ship was leaving at 8 o clock in afternoon when it really left 8 o clock in morning
Considering the fact of cleaning after the dinosaurs would probably be near impossible
Actually, judging by the evolutionary theory, he really only need two dinosaurs, period. Then they could multiply and evolve into all the different types! Abracadabra...