Aug 29 2008
Noah Didn’t Save the Plants
In the Genesis story of the Bible, Noah saves two individuals from each species from a flood that covers the entire Earth for 40 days and 40 nights. Animal species. As for the plants . . . after 40 days underwater, my guess is that most of them drowned. Yes, plants can drown. What did the animals eat, I wonder, once they sashayed off the ark?
As I mentioned in a previous post, the nearby St. Johns River has hit flood levels. This has caused the clear waters of Blue Springs State Park to get pushed back up into normally terrestrial territory. I went snorkeling at the spring a few days ago, before the St. Johns had hit its highest level, and saw many plants in the process of drowning. The above photo is of a Sabal palmetto or Cabbage Palm. How long can it successfully “hold its breath”?
