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Originally Posted by Jel
If you're going to go to that level of 'living things', maybe you should consider your desk, brickwork, slate roof, cotton shirt, and so on. Comparing an animal to a carrot is kind of a stretch.
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No it isn't. Both are living organisms. And at least I don't have any misconceptions about us using hides, wood, etc.
"In biology, an organism is any contiguous living system, such as a vertebrate, insect, plant or bacterium. All known types of organism are capable of some degree of response to stimuli, reproduction, growth and development and self-regulation (homeostasis)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism