Green alligators and long-necked geese...

Day 26

Noah's Ark is the vessel which, according to the Book of Genesis, was built by Noah at God's command to save himself, his family, and the world's animals from a worldwide deluge. As a flood myth, the story of Noah and the Ark may be derived from older Mesopotamian stories (read Gilgamesh, it’ll make you think). As a religious text, it features in the traditions of a number of Abrahamic religions.

God, seeing the wickedness of man, is grieved by his creation and resolves to send a great flood. He sees that Noah is a man "righteous in his generation," and gives him detailed instructions for the Ark (first, get some wood, second, hire a carpenter...).When the animals are safe on board God sends the Flood, which rises until all the mountains are covered and all life is destroyed. At the height of the flood the Ark rests on the mountains, the waters abate, and dry land reappears. Noah, his family, and the animals leave the Ark, and God vows to never again send a flood to destroy the Earth.

It is often debated as to what happened to the Unicorn while on the Ark.  New research as shown that during the final days of the flood, as the Ark drifted further north, icebergs began to float south.  Being that the Ark, however marvelously constructed, was made entirely of wood, it stool little chance against a mountain of ice.  Though every effort was made to cautiously and calmly evacuate every animal, unfortunately, several life boats were launched prematurely.