Posted by Übermenschİ at southcity-24.107.180.105.charter-stl.com on March 23, 2004 at 22:19:10:
In Reply to: can animals impregnant humans and vice versa? posted by shitty speller...DEAL WITH IT! on March 23, 2004 at 21:25:34:
A human could not become pregnant via copulation with an animal (or vice-versa). But humans are animals, aren't we? So I'll reanswer and say that a human could not impregnate nor become pregnant with a non-human.
I'll define a human as species Homo sapiens in Linnaeus taxonomy and non-human as anything else. This is important because "species" and all of taxonomic classification is really just a framework we've placed on nature to sort it out. Species are not distinct entities but are actually a continuum of differing organisms that have found a niche in which to procreate. Don't get caught up in believing that species are static, they're constantly evolving to better suit their environments.
Furthermore, the continuum extends from non-living with various intermediates--"life" has yet to be defined in a rigorous manner. You say animals are alive and rocks are dead. Ok. Are viruses alive? They procreate and consume resources. Is RNA alive? It self-assembles into polymers and is also auto-catalytic (meaning it can conduct chemical reactions on its own). Biology is a fascinating subject as are chemistry and physics and only by investigating those fields will we better ourselves. I can go into more depth about all this if you want.
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