[LiteKeeper]

But, if these animals were common, why would they receive any mention, since other "predatory" animals are also not mentioned? To Adam and Eve, what is normal doesn't necessarily demand attention or mention. Also, it was a great big world, and they may not have inhabited the same regions as the first family.

NOTE: there is no mention of giraffes, either. But they, by their very size, might have warranted the same kind of attention. But they weren't mentioned. The fact that they aren't mentioned doesn't prove they didn't exist. It simply demonstrates...nothing.

[ColdWater]

Also, it was a great big world, and they may not have inhabited the same regions as the first family.

That statement is not in accordance with the Bible.