> **Question Restatement:** What is a reasonable inference that can be made as to why Noah chose a Raven and a Dove to send from the Ark to let him know the state the "World" was in?

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**Argument:**
Further conclusions based on symbolism, and other ancient, seemingly metaphoric texts, can lead only to many other inconclusive possibilities--none producing a certain "fact" that can be relied on.

Therefore, is reasonable to rely on what we know, from science, and apply it to the passage, to find certainties from this text.

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> **Conclusion:** The Dove and the Raven are two completely different birds, the Raven is omnivorous, a bird of prey, while the Dove is granivorous, (seed eating).  Imagine the difficulties on the Ark!  By the birds' actions, Noah could infer a lot about the World about him.  The dove's seeming effort to take a twig, and bringing it back to the ark, (likely to make a nest, probably not trying to consciously communicate to Noah ...), and Noah's observations of the Raven's ability, or inability, to find a satisfactory food source--outside of the Ark--were probably very reliable indicators.

> **Raven as an Omnivorous:** [Wikipedia Article][1]

> **Dove as Granivorous:** [Wikipedia Article][2]

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**Implications**

It goes without saying that the Raven's ability to find other food sources, outside of the Ark, would affirm the already widely held belief that the "Whole World" was not flooded, and "all life" was not destroyed, but merely a Hasty Generalization to convey a general idea--which is used prolifically in Scripture.


  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_(genus)
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae