Viruses are not living, because they have no metabolism and they cannot self-replicate (they require the replication apparatus of the host) Viruses are not sel

Viruses are not living, because they have no metabolism and they cannot self-replicate (they require the replication apparatus of the host) Viruses are not self-contained systems, they are more like organelles of cells, which transfer data between hosts. edit: sorry I didn't been organelles I meant vesicles in cells