2006-09-26 14:18:02 · 9 answers · asked by Nik J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
What they eat, what they look like, where they live, and how they act is all different. I think they even have different types of poison.
2006-09-26 14:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the ability to make a poison is not a "feature of taxonomic importance." If it were, then the spider, frogs, venomous snakes and lizards, scorpions, bees, wasps, even jellyfish and some protozoans would be in one group- and that's nonsense.
2006-09-26 21:29:25 · answer #2 · answered by Hermit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One is a vertebrate, the other an invertebrate. That is a far more significant characteristic than the mere fact that something produced by each of them is poisonous. based on that characteristic you would have to put some mushrooms into the same group.
2006-09-26 23:41:11 · answer #3 · answered by barbara m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A frog is amphibious and a spider is classified as an arachnid
2006-09-26 21:23:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, what about snakes? Producing poison is not how animals are classified. It is much more intricate than that.
2006-09-26 21:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by rrrevils 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taxonomic grouping is based primarily on structures.
2006-09-26 22:17:19 · answer #6 · answered by ursaitaliano70 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But they're in the same group - "Animal".
2006-09-26 21:23:18 · answer #7 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... you could teach some parrots to talk, does that make them humans???????????
2006-09-27 03:41:14 · answer #8 · answered by Hipatia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you serious?
2006-09-26 21:19:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋