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Stephen Howard writes:
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:39:21 +0100, Kay wrote: In article , Peter writes Respond to stimuli is one of the six things that all living things do. I have been trying to remember the other five:- Eat, breathe, reproduce, grow and ???. Judging by myself the sixth thing could be forget! I knew this a year ago when my son was doing GCSEs ;-) But my mind has gone blank. /goes and searches out Revision Guide First - it's seven, not six ;-) Movement reproduction sensitivity nutrition excretion respiration growth What about death? It's not a necessary characteristic. An amoeba, for example, reproduces by dividing itself, so it satisfies reproduction. It's dubious though if you can say that the parent has died. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk Alan -- Alan Williams, Room IT301, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K. Tel: +44 161 275 6270 Fax: +44 161 275 6280 |
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