is an egg shell, shedded snake skin, etc considered an animal?

Question

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!

Answer 1

Do you consider all of the hair clippings on the floor of the barber shop human?

Answer 2

No. An animal is the complete creature. Just like a 2 x 4 is not a house. However, a house is constructed by using many types of materials, including the 2 x 4. The completed structure is the house. If the 2 x 4 is taken away, it is no longer a part of the house, because it is no longer helping to complete the structure. The lost tooth, cut hair, lump of hamburger, etc. are building blocks for the whole complete animal. Once separated from the animal they cease to be a part of that entire creature.

Answer 3

Elements of something are still part of something.

The egg shell, snake skin, and lost tooth are all produced by animals; they just no longer belong to them. Is milk and animal? No it is an animal product; and the same would be true for the given examples.

This would also have to hold true for the animal waste products, meaning that urine and feces are animals. They aren't alive or a species or anything they are part of the animal that originated it. If you buy a package of gum and distribute the gum among your friends it still is gum and it still came from the original package.

A chunk of hamburger is definitely an animal product; so as an answer to the question; "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?" The only answer would be animal.

Answer 4

it's not living so I wouldn't consider it an animal, organic matter, yes, animal parts or waste material yes, animal...no

Animals are classified in a variety of ways. This helps scientists to study the relationships in animal groups and to see the whole animal family tree as it has developed through time. The study of animal classification is called taxonomy.

The basic unit of an animal is the cell. A cell is the smallest unit of any animal or plant. Some animals are one celled, some consist of millions of cells. Each cell is filled with a LIVING MATTER called protoplasm. It also has a nucleus that is the center of the cell and directs its activities. The cytoplasm is the area outside of the nucleus. Each cell is held together by a cell membrane which is like a very thin skin for the cell. Many cells have different jobs to do in an animal, whether they be bone, blood, skin cells.

A group of the same kinds of cells are called tissues. A group of tissues that work together to do a job in the animal's body is an organ. The stomach, heart, kidneys, lungs are examples of organs. A group of organs that do a number of jobs of the same kind are systems.

Answer 5

I think they would be considered biological matter, meaning that they were at one time part of a living organism. All of the things you have listed are dead, but originated from an animal. It could be called animal matter, but not an animal.

Answer 6

No, to be classified as living, organisms must do a number of things. Including, grow and develop, adapt to changes in their environment, reproduce, use energy, and they must also be organized (their cell structure). If an object does not meet all of these requirements (except reproducing) then it cannot be classified as living.

Answer 7

No.They are genetic waste materials.

Answer 8

why do u care????