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Summit, I would ask you to define [according to biological concerns] what constitutes a living organism? To more accurately define the nature of the question, I will add these as considerations of the question.
Example: Man [human beings] are composed of living organisms? On one-side, we have viruses, like colds which invade the body? On the other, we have anti-bodies which the body produces to fight these infections. Right?
Of course, these actions happen within the our [body] form, in our blood. So in part the question ask 'what is the differences [separation] between these entities? After all, we do produce serums & perform blood transfusions?
So as are white & red blood cells, individual life forms?
I mean if you take a fish out of water, it will not survive so to if you take these cells out of their environment, they will not survive? Yet we can pass some viruses {air borne} by coughing & sneezing, some take contact with others, etc and we develop these immunity by first coming into or being infected.
Now you might tend to answer quickly so let me ask or state to you. Do not these cells exist live & die within the environment of the body & therefore cellular life forms?
Hmm . . . on the other hand, we have certain bacteria which exist in our bowels which are positive in that they help our bodies digest food [break down cells] to convert them to energy. Ya, we have white & red blood cells & hemoglobin? It carries oxygen in the body [environment] to various areas & are necessary for our existence but does it represent life? Not that I think so but to help make [define] a living organism. Oh, just how many separate organisms [functions] exist in relation to our existence as a human [form] body?
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Went out to take a photograph, yesterday. The day before I had to go over to a friends house to help him & on the way home, I noticed these cherry trees in blossom.
Ya, I was talking with a friend telling how these honey bees were all around the flowers. I was trying to make a close-up shot, I hadn't realized till I went to set the aperture & shutter speed, just how close up I was. Had to take care not to stick my head into the flowers as I looked at the settings.
 Let us see, where were we? Oh, ya we were discussing evolution, were not we? So I stopped to photograph threes because of their beautiful colours [flowers] but I understand that the insects [in this case the bees] are attracted by the aroma of the blossoms [nectar]?
Funny thing, I was thinking what a strange coincidence?
Why did the tree evolve flowers unless the bees evolved but then why did the bees evolve unless there were flowers? Almost seems that they co-evolved because they are so closely related?
Mitakuye’ Oyas’in, All my Relations
"Terrorist or tyrant, few may come to the Truth that both are poor choice."
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