(July 27, 2010 at 4:59 pm)In This Mind Wrote:(July 27, 2010 at 4:47 pm)Skeptisma Wrote: What exactly is "too long?" If it's more than the time it took for the flood to appear and dissipate then your point definitely isn't being made here. Or, perhaps god gave all of the dolphins wetsuits.
I dunno, exactly how long does it take for bacteria one's body has no inherent immunities for to get into unprotected, irritated skin?
Let's see...
Have you ever taken a bath for long enough that your skin started to wrinkle and get prune-like? That's stage 1. Now, introduce friction to that skin by say, moving it through the water. How long until the top layers start peeling to expose the tender and vulnerable layers beneath? Now how long will it take before that skin meets up with some wandering bacteria?
The 'flood' was supposedly 40 days and 40 nights. I think you'll find the above would happen in considerably less time, but as I've never been inclined to do the experiment nor to torture a dolphin to death to get an exact number, I'm afraid I don't have that information for you.
Even if this were possible, the "mixing" or "layering" didn't fully occur until the end of the rains. In any case, dolphins don't sit at the top of the waterline permanently. It is very easy to go through the fresh water, breathe, then back down into the salt water. So, they wouldn't ever be stewing in the fresh water, simply passing through. Kind of like how you take showers everyday?
