If humans think, don't plants have some sort of consciousness too? Why is it so much better to kill plants than animals and eat them. Are they not also living things?
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think of it as a bacteria...bacteria is a living organism...if you disinfect it will it not die?does bacteria think?does bacteria feel pain and what not?\n\nveggies live off water/sun/nutrients just as we do.veggies begin to rot bebore dead/wasted.\nhumans rot after death...\n\nwhat will you do?\nwhat will you think?
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Yes.  It comes from our primitive hunter-gatherer days.  Greed exists in all living things in this world, it is necessary for survival.  They (all living things) are greedy by taking advantage of the weak, it can be seen in nature and primitive tribes in the Amazon and Papua-New Guinea.  Some humans still participate in tribal warfare to steal women from neighboring tribes to propagate the species.  Some baby sharks eat the rest of their siblings while still in the womb before birth so they don't have to compete for the same food when they do come out (sorry run-on).  Even plants compete for the same sunshine, blocking sunlight from shorter plants therefore killing them--we know plants don't think, but can this be considered greed?  We (humans) are animals, whether we want to admit it or not.  Greed is natural and is all about survival.
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No. Animals have muscles. Plants do not.
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Oh the differences,\n\n\nThink about this. The LITTLEST things affect us in HUGE ways....\n\nIf bananas didn't exist, we would not.\nIf a certain stick didn't fall from a particular tree at the exact time it did, none of us would exist.\nFor those religious answerers out there...we would not exist, if evil or sin did not. If certain people were not murdered, we would not exist. Events of the past really affect our everyday lives so much, but most tend to ignore the things that aren't "alive", or aren't human. Not many think much about the truth, that things people never think about were crucial to their existences. Stop light colors affect everyone in ways we can hardly imagine.
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The idea behind your question is good.  The question itself needs some work.\nI have that same thought about many things.  What was the first guy to try this or that thinking?  You know there have been a few people look at mushrooms and say yum only to be seen dead a little later by friends.  Not all mushrooms kill, but some do.
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I'm vegetarian, and i'm no extremist or anything but here's how I feel:\nKilling animals is something that humans have done for a long time. period.  I think we should stop, because we don't need to do it anymore to survive, but that hasn't always been the case.  If anyone gets all up-in-arms about killing animals in a fantasy game, they're an idiot.  That's just my opinion as a doctor.  They would be the same kind of person that would take sex out of shakespeare to make it PC.  I would kill animals for food or points in a game, and I would let my kids do it, too.
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I agree, you even see this in animal behaviour. Animals like elephants take care of their young and only kill when in danger, or when they feel danger. Elephants normally don't kill humans but because of lots of poachers, they do now. Elephant’s memories are apparently very good. We are of course much more evolved than elephants.
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1. plants can make their own food while animals depend on the othe living things.\n\n2. plants needed carbon dioxide to live while animals need oxygen.\n\n3. plants and animals have cells in them while nonliving things have atoms in them.\n\n4. living things undergo stages of development while nonliving things do not.\n\n5. living things multiply while nonliving things do not.\n\n6. living things contains DNA(deoxyribonucleic acid).\n\n7. living things have lives.
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They can't know, just like we can't.  \n\nThey may be able to read cues and clues like we do, but they are not prognosticators.  \n\nGenerally plants and animals are adapted to the area they live in, and know how to prepare either from experience or even genetic cues.  Also, they always seem to prepare for the worst.  I've seen trees in warm California lose there leaves because they thought winter was coming.  It was, but they could have easily grown through the mild winter.  They were a species adapted to a different climate.\n\nGood question.  It shows you're thinking about your world!
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when i think of nature, i think of how someone or something acts naturally. like, if a cat growls when its eating a peice of meat, i think its just in their nature.\n\nor if a person is really friendly, thats also - just in their nature. nature  doesnt necessarily mean trees and animals and outdoors. nature can also mean how something is 'natural'.
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some plants are beautiful, some are edible, so it is a good idea ot to be ignorant of what kind of vegetables/nuts, ets are what\n\nthen pls realize that virtually al organic matter (and all energy bound in it) in the world originated through photosynthesis. A cow cannot produce organic matter from nothing so the steak that gives u strenght and nutrients is here because the cow ate plants. your car runs on petrol from oil, your clothes are cotton or synthetic fibre from oil , oil comes from prehistoric organisms whose bodies were formed thanks to eating other creatures who ate other creatures who ate plants. etc etc.\n\nthat is what i say whenever asked this. i have studied it in college and for me the ood thing is that vegatation to me is not just green mass, but distinct plant species, so the difference is like when u walk through a crowd of unknown people or you are among people that u recognize. it is great when you can be outdoors and say - look i know that flower/tree, i know something about it\n\nif your botany lessons are very boring, pick up only the information that could be useful to your health - like poisonous or allergenous plants that can grow nearby. like how would u feel if u had a child and it chewed a flower in the garden or in a vase and got sick/died only because u were not aware thet it is poisonous. many ornamental plants are so they are often grown in gardens and u should know which are they in case children are around (not necessarily your children of course) babies can put things in mouth in no time!
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No people do not have to eat animals to survive, however PEOPLE COME FIRST BEFORE ANIMALS.  So the crazy ones (not all of them) at PETA need to think about blinding a person due to their paint throwing tatics!  Yes, people should think about the environment, yes to carpool, Yes trees need to be replace
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what a question!! God did not create animals for us to eat! Animals would include cat, dogs and yes you think they are not meant for that well how do you know!! If God made animals for us to eat than why did he make these animals with a nervous system and feeling so they know when they are being harmed. God would not do that! Anyways back to the cat thing, people do eat cat in different countries. Your idea is flawed. Did god make trees for us to cut down? Vegetarians or most of them believe that God did not create them soley for us to eat!  Think a century ago the way of think was the blacks were created for the purpose to serve the whites. And yes it is the same thing as what you are saying. If you want to eat meat , I respect and understand it, however the statement that animals where made for us to eat is ridiculous!
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I think animals are creatures that have been created to help us!\nyou can't try a drug on a human directly and you have to test it what do you think the best way for this?\nit is cruel but animals can sacrifice for us.. don't you eat meat?
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Let the animal be, but monitor it as many endangered species are. Take a few of the plants from the wild, cultivate them, allow them to reproduce. Keep some, and introduce others to the wild. Generally, plants are much easier to raise and multiply than animals are. It might be a good idea to take a few of the animals captive as well and try to raise them in a controlled environment; however, I would only do this in an extreme situation as a last resort. Animals are best left in their natural habitats.
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Well, humans need animals and plants for food, raw materials, entertainment and other related functions.\n\nHumans can help plants disperse their seeds and can help feed certain animals.
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If plants didn't have babies, there would be no new plants to replace the old ones when they died. Then, eventually, there would be no plants and you would not be able to ask that question. Instead you would ask why the plants didn't have babies. What was wrong with them?