Is a mule considered a living organism?
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Why yes...American Heritage defines organism this way:\n\n\nAmerican Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source or·gan·ism (ôrg-nzm)  Pronunciation Key    \nn. \nAn individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus; a body made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life. \nA system regarded as analogous in its structure or functions to a living body: the social organism. \n\norgan·ismal (-nzml) or organ·ismic (-mk) adj. \norgan·ismi·cal·ly adv. \n\nA mule is an animal and thereby definition is a living organism.....unless of course it's a dead mule then it's a dead organism...even a drug mule would be a living organism...but a character in an mmorpg who was a mule wouldn't be considered an organism...more like a virtual organism...uh...define mule...
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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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The first liver in a living thing.
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Fauna are  living animal organisms, characterized by voluntary movement.\nFlora are living plant organisms, lacking the power of locomotion.
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Good grief, you need some basic understanding of human anatomy: without a blood supply nothing can live outside the human body. When organs are transplanted they are held suspended on ice in coolers in solutions made to mimic body fluids.  Kidneys cannot live outside the human body and must be connected to a blood supply to function.\n\n A fish breathes water through its gills and cannot live on land unless it is amphibian, in which case it is not a fish. A fish is nothing remotely resembling a human kidney.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian
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An ameba. It is a single cell organism according to science book years ago. But I suspect the earlier answer as a virus is also correct.
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yes it is alive and is the structural and functional unit of all living organisms and sometimes called the "building blocks of life"
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It's a non-moving animal.  It's cell type belongs to the animal kingdom.
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Yes, to a point it is. However, keep in mind that Mules have 3 more chromisomes than humans....
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this information from wikipedia:\nThe horse (Equus caballus or Equus ferus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. Horses have long been one of the most economically important domesticated animals, and have played an important role in the transport of people and cargo for thousands of years. Most notably, horses can be ridden by a person perched on a saddle attached to the animal, ridden bareback, and are also widely harnessed to pull objects like wheeled vehicles or plows. In some human cultures, horses are also widely used as a source of food. It has been suggested that isolated domestication may have occurred as early as 10,000 years ago, but clear evidence of widespread use by humans dates to around 2000 B.C., as evidenced by the Sintashta chariot burials, thus firmly establishing the domestication of the horse; however, the ability to have a horse (or horses) willingly pull a chariot (or any wheeled vehicle) implies many generations of selective breeding and a large store of knowledge about horse behavior, which pushes the date of whatever we choose to call "domestication" considerably backwards.\n\nPresently, there are many types of horses. Some are very well known for certain particular qualities or abilities: Thoroughbreds are known for being race horses, while miniature horses serve as mounts for very small children, if they are ridden at all.\n\nUntil the middle of the 20th century, armies used horses extensively in warfare; soldiers still refer to the groups of machines that have replaced horses on the battlefield as "cavalry" units, and sometimes preserve traditional horse-oriented names for military units (Lord Strathcona's Horse).
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A Mule is a cross breeding of a horse and a donkey.  Mules are sterile and cannot reproduce.
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equine=horse\nrenal=kidneys
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I only know of the zebra and mule
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No. The only reference to this "animal" is in the comedy sketch (I think that's what this is) on the site below.\n\nThe reference is pretty far down. Search for web-footed and you should find it.
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Well... Many animals can swim or float.  So if a parasite is embedded in that creature's skin or oi living inside the intestineal tract, I'd say there wouldn't be too much problem.
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Yes.\n\nEven animals have spirits and are also God's creation. God said that every living thing will be restored to its perfect state.
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Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Meta­zoa. In general they are multi­cellular, capable of locomotion, responsive to their environment, and feed by consuming other organisms. Their body plan becomes fixed as they develop, usually early on in their development as embryos, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on.\n\nThe word "animal" comes from the Latin word animal, of which animalia is the plural, and ultimately from anima, meaning vital breath or soul.\n\nCharacteristics\nAnimals have several characteristics that set them apart from other living things. Animals are eukaryotic and multicellular, which separates them from bacteria and most protists. They are heterotrophic, generally digesting food in an internal chamber, which separates them from plants and algae. They are also distinguished from plants, algae, and fungi by lacking cell walls.\n\n\nStructure\nWith a few exceptions, most notably the sponges (Phylum Porifera), animals have bodies differen­tiated into separate tissues. These include muscles, which are able to contract and control locomotion, and a nervous system, which sends and processes signals. There is also typically an internal digestive chamber, with one or two openings. Animals with this sort of organization are called metazoans, or eumetazoans when the former is used for animals in general.\n\nAll animals have eukaryotic cells, surrounded by a characteristic extracellular matrix composed of collagen and elastic glycoproteins. This may be calcified to form structures like shells, bones, and spicules. During development it forms a relatively flexible framework upon which cells can move about and be reorganized, making complex structures possible. In contrast, other multicellular organisms like plants and fungi have cells held in place by cell walls, and so develop by progressive growth. Also, unique to animal cells are the following intercellular junctions: tight junctions, gap junctions, and desmosomes.\n\nReproduction and development\nNearly all animals undergo some form of sexual reproduction. Adults are diploid or polyploid. They have a few specialized reproductive cells, which undergo meiosis to produce smaller motile spermatozoa or larger non-motile ova. These fuse to form zygotes, which develop into new individuals.\n\nMany animals are also capable of asexual reproduction. This may take place through parthenogenesis, where fertile eggs are produced without mating, or in some cases through fragmentation.\n\nA zygote initially develops into a hollow sphere, called a blastula, which undergoes rearrangement and differentiation. In sponges, blastula larvae swim to a new location and develop into a new sponge. In most other groups, the blastula undergoes more complicated rearrangement. It first invaginates to form a gastrula with a digestive chamber, and two separate germ layers - an external ectoderm and an internal endoderm. In most cases, a mesoderm also develops between them. These germ layers then differentiate to form tissues and organs.\n\nAnimals grow by indirectly using the energy of sunlight. Plants use this energy to convert sunlight into simple sugars using a process known as photosynthesis. Starting with the molecules Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Water (H2O), photosynthesis converts the energy of sunlight into chemical energy stored in the bonds of Glucose (C6H12O6) and releases Oxygen (O2). These sugars are then used as the building blocks which allow the plant to grow. When animals eat these plants (or eat other animals which have eaten plants), the sugars produced by the plant are used by the animal. They are either used directly to help the animal grow, or broken down, releasing stored solar energy, and giving the animal the energy required for motion. This process is known as glycolysis.\n\n\nOrigin and fossil record\nAnimals are generally considered to have evolved from flagellate protozoa. Their closest living relativ