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All viruses are pparasites?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 79229108:MV80OTI1NzczXzkwMDczMTI5X0E3M0M4RjAx] [quote:Justsayno:MV80OTI1NzczXzkwMDI5OTcyX0U0RDc5QzYw] I'd like to share a revelation I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to another area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we are the cure. - Agent Smith http://scifiquotes.net/quotes/124_Human-Beings-Are-a-Disease [/quote] Seen this quote far too many times to not comment that it is very child-like and has zero basis in reality, unless you create your own reality...which is actually very common. [/quote]
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According to this and other sources, all viruses are obligate parasites.
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Obligate parasites are parasites which depend on a host for survival.
Obligate parasites are parasites.
All viruses are obligate parasites.
All viruses are parasites.
Then why do we call them viruses?
Why don't we call them parasites?
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