How did plants survive in the flood? Where did animals, like cattle, get their food after being released from the ark?<\/p>\n\t
Plant seeds can float and survive a flood, as evidenced by plants sprouting after the flood. “Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth<\/em>” (Genesis 8:11). Even after this evidence, Noah waited another three months before leaving the ark. This allowed plenty of time for plants to begin regrowing.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: How did plants survive in the flood? Where did animals, like cattle, get their food after being released from the ark? Answer: Plant seeds can float and survive a flood, as evidenced by plants sprouting after the flood. “Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[264,189],"class_list":["post-42537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-flood","tag-genesis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25028,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-the-flood-kill-sea-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":42537,"position":0},"title":"Did the flood kill sea life?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How did the flood kill animals from the sea? 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