[SedVictaCatoni]

Right, but it doesn't stop there. In the 2nd chapter there is a different version of the story. And then later there is John, and that is a whole different tradition. It gets very deep, or we can compartmentalize.

Er... then doesn't that mean that it's incoherent and rather unuseful as a practical attempt to explain the origin of the various creatures?

[RightWhale]

unuseful as a practical attempt to explain the origin of the various creatures?

It doesn't have much value. We need to harden up our managerial attitudes like Ahnold in California. This is the situation; where do we go from here.