We recently had an answer regarding the egg case of a marine animal. That raised the question - is the egg case, or chicken egg shell, lost tooth, shedded snake skin, maybe even cut hair itself considered "animal"? It doesn't seem like a "plant", and anything can be considered by its direct chemical identifcation (e.g., a lost tooth is a combination of calcium, etc) but really, is it still "animal" once separated from the original creature?
We mean elements of a creature that are not cellular; e.g., a chunk of hamburger is still "animal" even after separation from its original animal.
Thanks!
2007-09-14
16:27:57
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Robert A
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