What becomes unclear exactly is what other animal species carried this strange cargo. Based on the number of species of tapeworms (approximately 5000 in class Cestoda) it is fair to say that every animal on the ark must have been a defacto mini-Noah's ark, carrying the "flesh" in their intestines that would be spared from the coming flooding of Earth.[Citation Needed] It is a fascinating answer, but not precise in its scope by any measure: If there were more species than tapeworms, where did the extra tapeworms go? If there were fewer, which species were spared and why? Perhaps as creationist scholars investigate questions such as these more thoroughly a more exact answer to this mystery will take form on these pages and elsewhere. | What becomes unclear exactly is what other animal species carried this strange cargo. Based on the number of species of tapeworms (approximately 5000 in class Cestoda) it is fair to say that every animal on the ark must have been a defacto mini-Noah's ark, carrying the "flesh" in their intestines that would be spared from the coming flooding of Earth.[Citation Needed] It is a fascinating answer, but not precise in its scope by any measure: If there were more species than tapeworms, where did the extra tapeworms go? If there were fewer, which species were spared and why? Perhaps as creationist scholars investigate questions such as these more thoroughly a more exact answer to this mystery will take form on these pages and elsewhere. |