[hebel]

Actually, Noah and company were in the ark for a little over a year, according to Genesis.

[Ken H]

Good point. The 2 elephants alone would need something like 150 tons of food to sustain them for a year:

When full-grown, these huge herbivores can consume anywhere from 300-500 pounds of vegetation per day.

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Here at The Toledo Zoo, our elephants eat hay (2,000 bales per year), grain, fruits and vegetables.

http://www.toledozoo.org