Robert Reed

Biography:

Bob Reed is a Research Wildlife Biologist with the US Geological Survey in Fort Collins, CO. He received his undergraduate degree from U.C. Berkeley, his master's from Arizona State University, and a PhD from Auburn University. He also received a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Sydney, Australia. His research has focused on snakes, including rattlesnakes, sea kraits, boa constrictors, Australian elapids, and a variety of other species. Currently, Bob's primary duties include research to support the control of invasive snakes, including Brown Treesnakes on Guam and Burmese Pythons in Florida.

Past Shows:

	Noah's Ark & Creationism
	Wednesday February 27, 2008

Author and researcher Walt Brown discussed Noah's Ark, the Great Flood and the debate between creationism and evolution.The Ark might be found surrounded by permanent icecap at 14,000 ft. elevation. Mount Ararat in Turkey or the Zagros Mountains in Iran are possible locations, he said. Over the years, a number of people have claimed to see the relic. One of them was George Hagopian, who said as a young boy he was taken to Mount Ararat and shown the Ark, which he described as a big barge (drawings & paintings were subsequently made from his descriptions). Brown noted that across civilizations there are some 230 legends/accounts of a great flood. Rain from clouds could not have created such a deluge, he commented. He proposed his hydroplate theorywhich suggests that crustal plates rose up out of the water-- causing continents to rise and massive flooding to occur. Arguing that Earth was created by God just 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, Brown said that radio carbon dating doesn' ... More
Host: George Noory