Tsarren <tsarren at alyra.org> writes: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 07:20:05PM -0600, Howard Brazee wrote: >> David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >> > >> > I'd have thought the *top* of the food chain would be the carrion >> > eaters. Or at least the obligate carnivores. >> >> How about the virus? > > > Viruses are not classified as living organisms - they do not grow, they do > not consume food, they are not made of one or more cells, they don't even > have cell parts, and they don't respond to their environment. This would > indicate they cannot be a part of the food chain, and are outside of it in > the same way that a forest fire is outside of it. However, the fungus do look good for this too. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>