Have you ever heard of seeds? You can store seeds for years and they will grow. As for the insects... Well they would be present in the arch and reproduce at the rate you mentioned. It's actually not that hard. And.... Larva from all these insects can outlive an entire season; which is what they do presently.
Well then the questions shouldn't come out of their ass. Don't get all snooty because all of what I posted can hypothetically work in the scenario. I'm just answering at the same level of respect as the questions asked.
I didn;t mean to disrespect. I was honestly wondering how they kept every species of animal on earth separate and fed for over a year.
Would it be possible for modern man to put a pair of every living creature on an aircraft carrier and keep them all alive for a year without leaving the ship (for added supplies/tech/information/specialists) and stowing them in wood boxes? Seems to we'd probably fuck it up and some of those critters would die, since lots of animals have all kinds of quirks that make it difficult to project how they'd handle a year of captivity in a closed environment that may be dryer/warmer/wetter/colder than what they are used to. It's a lot to ask of modern society in terms of cost, planning and infrastructure. It's hard to imagine some 480 year old bronze-age codger pulling it off.
Anyway, my older son (age 7) is pretty religious by inclination. So I tried to explain the crucifixion to him. Did a google image search for nice visuals. After a long discussion about it he asked the usual, "So how does the Easter bunny fit?" I smiled and shrugged and said, "Magic, I guess." He laughed pretty hard, which was a relief to me because he was about to go to bed and I wanted to end on a high note. Those pictures were pretty grim. My wife and I are very non-religious, but I think we'll take him to church next Sunday for the first time. Kid's got a right to make up his own mind. Besides, I think there's a lot of value for everyone in taking some time and quietly contemplating your life every week. It may be quite good for us.
Even though I lack the ability to have faith in entities that I can't prove exist, I have never left a church service saying "man, I really wish I didn't come here". The solitude for that hour is actually refreshing, although I haven't been since early last fall. My youngest daughter (8 years-old) went through a similar stage to your son, in that she wanted to know about God. She wants to go next weekend, and I think I'm going to take her to a Lutheran service. We did Catholic the last time, just because that's how I grew up.
I want to go tomorrow but I always wear a nice suit when going to church and I'm so disabled that I don't think I can put it on even with my wife's help. For the first time I may go in a T-shirt and sweat pants. ABM's T-shirt which I love.
