Are insects animals ?

Question

I'm confused what is an animal ?

Answer 1

Yes, insects are animals.

Animals are any living organism that is multi-cellular, and consumes other organisms to provide energy (rather than producing their own food via photosynthesis like plants, or absorbing nutrients from decay like most fungi).

The confusion sets in due to many people using animal as a synonym for mammal.

Mammals are just one, very very small segment of the total population of all animals. However, there is legislation in many regions that includes phrases like 'animals and birds', or provides protection to 'wild animals', but doesn't include insects, molluscs or other organisms that zoologically are most definitely, positively animals.

I have protested a similar use of the word 'animal' in our regional parks bylaw, but the legislators didn't think it mattered since 'everyone knows we only mean mammals when we say animals'.

I shook my head in amazement, but apparently ignorance and stupidity run rampant in politics. Who would have thought?

Answer 2

insect are definitely animals.
Look up characteristics of animals as on the wikipedia link provided.
Insects consist of many cells, none of which has a cell wall like a plant cell would have.
They have to eat, and they breathe.
All that makes them animals.
In case you ever wondered, yes they have brains too.

Answer 3

Yes, insects are animals.

Animals are any living organism that is multi-cellular, and consumes other organisms to provide energy (rather than producing their own food via photosynthesis like plants, or absorbing nutrients from decay like most fungi).

The confusion sets in due to many people using animal as a synonym for mammal.

Mammals are just one, very very small segment of the total population of all animals. However, there is legislation in many regions that includes phrases like 'animals and birds', or provides protection to 'wild animals', but doesn't include insects, molluscs or other organisms that zoologically are most definitely, positively animals.

I have protested a similar use of the word 'animal' in our regional parks bylaw, but the legislators didn't think it mattered since 'everyone knows we only mean mammals when we say animals'.

Look up characteristics of animals as on the wikipedia link provided.
Insects consist of many cells, none of which has a cell wall like a plant cell would have.

Answer 4

If it's not a plant or inanimate object, chances are it's an animal. Insects are animals.

Answer 5

I knew a cockroach who was a party animal if that helps.

Answer 6

They are part of the animal kingdom.

Answer 7

yes, if you look at their cells under a micrscope, you will see that they have animal cells, not plant cells, or fungus cells

Answer 8

Well, they ain't plants or rocks.