(I’m sure it will shock none of you who aren’t already familiar with him that he conned himself onto Rogan.)
Not to rain on Jimmy’s parade, because I’m sure he’s “done his research,” but the Bible says that the Ark landed on the Mountains of Ararat, which is not the same thing as Mount Ararat. The connection with the mountain in Turkey didn’t start until the middle ages.
Imagine that! A place in one part of the world having depictions of animals that aren’t native to that specific place! We’ve never seen that before in history! It’s not like the Roman empire wiped out certain animal species in Africa from hunting and had depictions of them despite them not being native to Rome! Yeah, that never happened!
Indeed, it’s true. As a Canadian, I am forbidden from ever depicting animals that don’t naturally exist in my region. Giraffes? Forbidden. Moose? Allowed!