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minus-squaretheangryseal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·5 months 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-squareKISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoIt can’t reproduce on its own, though. It needs a living cell to do that.
minus-squareShard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months 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.
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 can’t reproduce on its own, though. It needs a living cell to do that.
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.