We humans are animals

t is true that humans differ from other animals in terms of intelligence. However, from a biological perspective, humans are classified as animals! Why does this bother people, and why do people take great measures to prove that they are not animals? If you think about it, it is only a classification system anyway. It is a biological classification system designed to classify any living organism it encounters into groups according to the organism's characteristics. Therefore, biologically we are members of the Animalia Kingdom; we are animals (see definition 1 later in this document). Biblically, the word animal was used in a way that made distinctions between humans and other organisms (see definition 2).

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Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary:
animal:
1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animal like nutrition modes.

Well lets see...

We're multicellular: Check
Well defined shape: Check
Limited growth: Check
Move voluntarily: Check
Actively acquire food: Check
Digest food internally: Check
sensory and nervous systems: Check
Respond rapidly to stimuli: Check

Yup, all there.

What's so bad about being an animal?

Please don't give me:
"Oh well, we can talk and make computers. Animals can't."



Um.. can you close your nostrils and swin under water for 4+ minutes? Can you swallow a gazelle whole? Can you give liver birth to 14 babies at a time, all of which are in picture perfect health?

In some ways, we may be more technologically advanced, however, we can be a lot more stupid.

Do animals pollute? No they do not.
War? Nope.
Genocide? Uh, nuh-uh.

We classified everything. A dog is not a dog. We call it a dog. Humans are not humans, we call them humans. We classify everything to make things easier for us. Hence, whether a human is an animal or not is up to us. There is no answer.

Party animals are human

I'm an animal. But only in the bedroom.

We're animals. Where's the problem.

Of course were animals, its a scientific fact.

I find it funny when people get pissed when the topic of evolution comes up too.

Because some nutrolls think because we are animals, in their minds, then animals should have the same rights as humans.

And what's wrong with that, pray tell crankshaft??

Not exactly, there's something called animal rights and human rights, not the same.

And seeing people degenerate so much, why not? Its not like they are better then a dog or cat, just because of their species.

I rest my case.

Thank you, Mr Shaft. I rest mine also.

Of course humans are animals 8)

Not this week.. but I had a busy weekend.