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minus-square@theangryseal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoI’m no scientist but I’d say, “Do it reproduce? Do it evolve? Do it try to survive? Bruh, it’s alive.” I’m no scientist though. Just an idiot watching thangs. :p
minus-square@Shard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoIt seems to fail the last criteria there. They don’t actively escape or react to predation. For the most part they aren’t actively “trying” anything other than to just float around and replicate.
minus-square@KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoIt can’t reproduce on its own, though. It needs a living cell to do that.
I’m no scientist but I’d say, “Do it reproduce? Do it evolve? Do it try to survive? Bruh, it’s alive.”
I’m no scientist though. Just an idiot watching thangs. :p
It seems to fail the last criteria there. They don’t actively escape or react to predation. For the most part they aren’t actively “trying” anything other than to just float around and replicate.
It can’t reproduce on its own, though. It needs a living cell to do that.