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==Controversy==

==Controversy==

Objections to Noah's Ark include the following:

Objections to Noah's Ark include the following:

*  a lack of room for all the animals, usually on the basis of the biblical reference to ''kinds'' being the same as ''species'' (and there are about 1,250,000 identified animal species on Earth <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species</ref>).  Supporters of the account reject that ''kinds'' is to be equated with ''species'', so use a much lower number.

*  a lack of room for all the animals, usually on the basis of the biblical reference to ''kinds'' being the same as ''species''.  Supporters of the account reject that ''kinds'' is to be equated with ''species'', so use a much lower number.

* The difficulty of the eight humans on board to care for all the creatures on board.

* The difficulty of the eight humans on board to care for all the creatures on board.

* The difficulty some animals would have getting unaided to or from the ark, especially those adapted to a specific habitat, such as the sloth, which can only travel hanging on the branches of trees, and animals that live on islands and could not swim to those islands after the flood.

* The difficulty some animals would have getting unaided to or from the ark, especially those adapted to a specific habitat, such as the sloth, which can only travel hanging on the branches of trees, and animals that live on islands and could not swim to those islands after the flood.