Remember the following to have an accurate picture of Noah's ark:

• Only animals from each genus, not every species, were taken.
• Noah and his sons (and their wives) were smart people.
• They had a lot of time to plan and prepare. This allowed for the creation of a menagerie, the design of enclosures to be labor-saving, and the choice of foodstuffs to be compact. They may have hired people to do some of this work.
• The ark was not a boat. It was a housing that only needed to FLOAT for one year.
• The ark was not a zoo. The animals only needed to SURVIVE for one year.
• God definitely helped, but we should not think that continuous miracles were necessary for the completion of a successful voyage. God normally operates through natural means.