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To: general_re

I know some animals. They are different than humans. Actually the word animal covers a wide variety of living things. Maybe we could just say humans are not animals, but animals are animals. :-)

Apes fall into the animal category. Humans do not.


704 posted on 11/29/2004 10:37:12 PM PST by bondserv (Alignment is critical! † [Check out my profile page])
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It's not the most rigorous distinction we might hope for.


705 posted on 11/29/2004 10:41:13 PM PST by general_re ("What's plausible to you is unimportant." - D'man)
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To: bondserv
Apes fall into the animal category. Humans do not.

Why aren't humans animals? What trait do they lack that makes them not animals?
708 posted on 11/29/2004 10:48:27 PM PST by Dimensio (Join the Monthly Internet Flash Mob: http://www.aa419.org)
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To: bondserv
In biology, a human is an animal. I hope that's OK.
757 posted on 11/30/2004 7:22:50 AM PST by VadeRetro (Nothing means anything when you go to Hell for knowing what things mean.)
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