Yes but the ark story isn't literally real. The size of boat that would actually be needed to hold two of every animal (including the ones that live for less than 40 days, or are microscopic and thus invisible to Noah, or need to eat the other animals to survive) is never, ever taken into account by anyone telling the story.
Fortunately there's no need for Bible stories to be true for them to work as intended and subjectively improve the lives of believers.
Yes but the ark story isn't literally real. The size of boat that would actually be needed to hold two of every animal (including the ones that live for less than 40 days, or are microscopic and thus invisible to Noah, or need to eat the other animals to survive) is never, ever taken into account by anyone telling the story.
Fortunately there's no need for Bible stories to be true for them to work as intended and subjectively improve the lives of believers.
I know.... its definitely allegory but that's a whole other topic