Reply #12: The answers are simple, really

[Orrex]

Noah let the predators walk around during the night while the prey animals were asleep in their pens, and during the day the prey animals walked around while the predators slept in the pens.

The inflationary cosmological model of the proves that the universe was smaller in the past, so all of those animals were much tinier than we now know them to be. And the so-called cubits by which the Ark is measured are modern cubits (i.e., many times larger than the ancient cubits used by Noah).

He fed the animals through a secret no-bid (but perfectly legitimate with no need of transparency or accountability) contract awarded to KBR.

And the Ark was able to float because of the well-established principle of mast-based buoyancy. That is, Noah made sure to stow the really light stuff (such as helium ballons, feathers, and crepes) near the top of the Ark, and the buoyancy of these items "trickled down" to the lower decks, thereby floating the whole enterprise.

I know that it sounds preposterous and utterly contrary to common sense, but something very much like this wacky buoyancy scheme has been used to justify equally non-seaworthy economic policies of at least two Presidents.

Hell, if it worked for Noah...

Any other questions?