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Re: Species and pigs

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, September 15, 2001, 21:58
bjm10@CORNELL.EDU wrote:
> > A species is not a kind of animal--at least not to any biologist I know. > A species is a kind of organism *grouping*.
"A species is a kind of animal" means "The word 'species' means 'kind of animal'", which is a good informal definition. It makes perfect sense to me. Would you say "A boulder is a large rock" is untrue? -- "No just cause can be advanced by terror" ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42