What if Noah only managed to save rats with wings?

Greenpeace, the international environmental organization that never met a publicity stunt it didn’t like, has built an ark to raise awareness about climate change. Fittingly, Greenpeace chose Turkey’s Mt. Ararat, thought by many to be the site of Noah’s ark in the Bible. The ark looks great. But if this photograph from Der Spiegel is ...

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A Greenpeace handout picture shows the recreation of the legendary Noah's Ark at the Agri Mountain near Agri, Turkey on 31 May 2007. EPA/GREENPEACE/HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

Greenpeace, the international environmental organization that never met a publicity stunt it didn't like, has built an ark to raise awareness about climate change. Fittingly, Greenpeace chose Turkey's Mt. Ararat, thought by many to be the site of Noah's ark in the Bible. The ark looks great. But if this photograph from Der Spiegel is any guide, it's not so much "all God's creatures, two-by-two" who are seeking shelter from the impending flood thus far, but rather one of His foulest creations, the pigeon:

Greenpeace, the international environmental organization that never met a publicity stunt it didn’t like, has built an ark to raise awareness about climate change. Fittingly, Greenpeace chose Turkey’s Mt. Ararat, thought by many to be the site of Noah’s ark in the Bible. The ark looks great. But if this photograph from Der Spiegel is any guide, it’s not so much “all God’s creatures, two-by-two” who are seeking shelter from the impending flood thus far, but rather one of His foulest creations, the pigeon:

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