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Strictly speaking insects are not animals AFAIK

• Balgair 5y ago
  Insects are animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper Infobox on the right-> Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta.
  • danwills 5y ago
    There are even microscopic single-celled animals, such as Amoeba: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoebozoa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoebozoa
    • danwills 5y ago
      Currently that Wikipedia page has an inexplicable (hillarious?) image of a bush turkey on it, can't really see the connection.. but didn't try to find out how it got there either.
    • martingoodson 5y ago
      Amoeba are not animals. Animals (metazoa) are multicellular organisms.
      • danwills 5y ago
        Yep you're totally right! Apologies.. I had always thought the 'zoa' on the end meant they were animal. TIL about metazoa! thanks!
  • periheli0n 5y ago
    Thank you for the correction. My impression rose from the fact that insect experiments need no ethical approval, whereas experiments with vertebrates do.
    • wombatmobile 5y ago
      That probably tells us more about humans than it does about insects.
• deleted 5y ago
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