let's assume that the hyena hung around for 40 days without food and after that.. it waited until all antelopes had multiplied before starting to eat. Leopards, cheetahs, lions... ngojeni... huyu mtoto ni wangu! ngojeni next year!

A few misconceptions about the bible
1. it's not a single book! it's a library of books written over a number of centuries/millenia. it's a work of literacy. do you think paul meant that his letter sent to Philemon via epaphroditus would end up in the canon? he may have not even remembered the words of that particular letter coz he wrote so many to so many people.
2. that the bible is an accurate historical book and it's contents are timeless. the writers extracted materials for their cultural context

That said - I am a christian and I will read the stories of Noah to my children.

Which begs the question on whether the great floods actually destroyed all life outside the Ark! ( I tend to think we still have Cain's descendants roaming the streets )