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> the only animal Besides us, that is.

• ccozan 10y ago
  I designate myself and my other fellows as humans.
  • Majestic121 10y ago
    You can designate yourself as you wish, it doesn't make you/us less of an animal
    • amelius 10y ago
      What is the proper word for "animals minus humans"?
      • tantalor 10y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human
        • btschaegg 10y ago
          You wrote the first HN comment that made me sad I only can upvote it once.
  • anigbrowl 10y ago
    Humans are animals, even if they're not particularly good at it.
    • jimmaswell 10y ago
      It's hard to say the worldwide apex predator isn't good at it
      • anigbrowl 10y ago
        Not everything I say is literally true. I realize this may come as a shock to my many fans.
      • eeZah7Ux 10y ago
        More like apex parasite :(
      • hnbro 10y ago
        "worldwide apex predator" == "good at it (being animals)" ?
• johnhenry 10y ago
  I believe that that sentence could be written from the point of view of the anemone. The situation is unique in that the species of anemone itself may not exist outside of the "captivity" of this species of crab. I could be wrong, but all farm animals and pets are still related to some species of animal outside of human captivity. The closest analog of which I can think is the avocado plant whose seeds, as far as we know, can only be spread via human intervention.