Noah's Ark and The Great Flood This boat would have had to have been bigger than anything man has ever made. There are around 25 MILLION species of animal on earth. There's over three hundred fifty-thousand species of beetle alone. The sheer number of insects could fill several arks, before you even consider the larger creatures. The ark would have to be the single largest ship ever in earths history. Modern day technology could not possibly create a ship large and stable enough to act as Noah's Ark (it's been suggested that Noah would have needed a space-suit to walk on the deck). Yet the bible