Two by two A real-life Noah's Ark

An hour outside of Amsterdam in Dordrecht, Netherlands, a ship is under construction. But this ain't your typical sailboat, bub. Johan Huibers is building a full-scale replica of Noah's ark.

Yes, that Noah's ark. And Johan, an expert builder, isn't skimping on the details. The ship, which he's been constructing for the past three years, is built to biblical specs. Johan culled information on the ark's size and shape directly from the good book. In the end, the ship is four stories high and the length of a football field. And yes, it's seaworthy.

The result is an incredibly impressive ship, especially considering it was realized simply by a man with a dream--or, perhaps, a nightmare. According to an interview with NBC's "The Today Show," Johan dreamt that Holland suffered a great flood. The next morning, he woke up determined to start preparing for that worst-case scenario.

The ship, which is not to be confused with the theme park in Kentucky that also honors Noah's ark, is generating a lot of interest in the search box. Over the past 24 hours, online lookups for "noah's ark photos" and "noah's ark real ship" have surged.

As for the craft proper, it's not complete yet, but it's getting close. The master plan is to sail the ship up the Thames in time for the London Olympics next year. Expect to see plenty of life-size plastic animals aboard (two of each type, of course).

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[cedricnaldoza]

Most of the negative comments are non-christian. Right? Im Catholic and Im PROUD to be catholic.

[theonlylolking]

@thatrandomguy011 Plant's seeds can survive very cold weather, tons of water, etc... There are even plants that could have survived the flood if they did not get uprooted. Animals could have also carried seeds in their poop and Noah brought food.

Mt. Saint Helens is a perfect example. There were trees covering the mountain then the volcano exploded. EVERYTHING in the blasts way died and everything was scorched. BUT the plant seeds survived and in 2 years the mountain was green again.

[thatrandomguy011]

@theonlylolking then that means lots of animals perished also how did the plants survive the flood??

[InternetDarkLord]

Will he also duplicate massive inbreeding from 1 or 7 pairs of animals?r

[InternetDarkLord]

You cannot replicate things that never existed.

[skelittle]

@cristohv creation.com/how-did-all-the-a­nimals-fit-on-noahs-ark

[cristohv]

you know how many people in africa need homes and this guy is using up all the wood on an imaginary story??

[cristohv]

@theonlylolking are you stupid? or are you just fucking stupid? you just said 2 of "every kind", do you know what that means?? it means 2 of EVERY KIND of animal, therefore how many KINDS of animals were there? more then there are today, so if you couldnt fit EVERY KIND of animal TODAY in a ship that size, what the fuck makes you think they could fit back then huh?? oh yea the invisible man in the sky told you right, so why dont sit down and REALLY read your bible instead of taking glances at it

[cristohv]

@codyrdy15 math says it

[theonlylolking]

@cristohv If you actually knew the bible then you would know it does not say ALL of the animals of the earth. It says two of every kind of animal. Obviously all of the animals of the world could not fit in that ark.