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Life aboard, imagined.

46 animals in 23 pairs illustrate twenty-three familiar kinds, spread across all three decks. Shapes, colors, pen locations, sizes, stairs, and behavior are artistic reconstruction choices, not a biblical inventory. Genesis 6:19–20 describes pairs; Genesis 7:2–3 distinguishes additional clean animals and birds.

Walk near a pen to hear an authentic recording. Calls are spaced, limited to your current deck, and fade with distance. Giraffes really do hum: the recording here comes from research on nocturnal humming. Sound begins only after entering walk mode and can be muted. Rhinoceroses, zebras, camels and pangolins have quiet pens: no genuine, freely licensed recording of them was found, and none has been imitated.

Freely licensed recordings

All audio is hosted locally. These excerpts have been limited to five seconds (the loudest stretch of each recording), converted to mono MP3, given short fades, and loudness-normalized. Adapted CC BY-SA recordings remain under their respective licenses below. Animal sculptures are original procedural artwork.

Animal / originalCreatorLicense
ChickensalysPublic domain
HogsSecretlondonCC BY-SA 3.0
Elephantsதகவலுழவன் (Info-farmer)CC0
GiraffesAnton Baotic, Florian Sicks & Angela S. StoegerCC BY-SA 4.0
Sheepearthcalling; excerpt by DcoetzeePublic domain
DucksGanesh Mohan TCC BY-SA 4.0
GoatsstephanPublic domain
Tigersschots (via Freesound)CC0
Lionsதகவலுழவன் (Info-farmer)Public domain
Giant pandasMizunoryuPublic domain
FoxesJugrüCC BY-SA 3.0
DovesMarie-Lan Taÿ Pamart (xeno-canto XC539061)CC BY-SA 4.0
BearsNPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas / Jennifer JerrettPublic domain (US government work)
WolvesU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServicePublic domain (US government work)
HorsesHü.Public domain
DonkeysFelix Blume (via Freesound)CC0
CattleSecretlondonCC BY-SA 3.0
PeafowlGypsypkdPublic domain
OwlsVianney BajartCC BY-SA 4.0
Footsteps (Impact Sounds, shared with Ezekiel’s Temple)KenneyCC0

Public-domain recordings from PDSounds are documented on their linked Wikimedia Commons source pages. The licenses above apply to the recordings, independently of the application code.