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Debate Score:13
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Total Votes:14
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Are insects animals?

Are insects animals.

Yes.

Side Score: 10
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No.

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1 point

All organisms that are in the Kingdom Animalia are animals. One defining feature is the eukaryotic cell, which only animals have.

Side: Yes.

I know insects are. Insects are little creatures that are not human, therefore, animals.

Side: Yes.
skyfish(276) Clarified
3 points

... and little creatures that ARE human are called republicans.

Side: Yes.
dcb9242000(167) Clarified
1 point

Donald Trump isn't exactly little, and neither is Chris Christie.

Side: Yes.

Yes, insects come under the animal kingdom................................

Side: Yes.
1 point

Yes! Definitely, insects are considered a animals. Why? Because animals are classified as vertebrates and invertebrates. Thus, some insects are vertebrates and many of the inssects are invertebrates

Side: Yes.
ThinkerLad(267) Disputed
1 point

Insects are never vertebrates. They come under the category of invertebrates. You just made a fool of yourself on a simple matter.

Side: Yes.
1 point

They are animals belonging to Kingdom Animalia. People generally feel that insect are neither animals no plant, what are they then. The same is true for micro-organism like Bacteria and viruses and also worms.

Side: Yes.
1 point

OK...I have a little time here at lunch. So allow me to give a brief little primer on this topic.

First of all, ALL living things can be divided into two main groups: the Animal Kingdom and the Plant Kingdom. There are many different kinds of creatures in the Animal Kingdom, and there is a scientific system for grouping animals into smaller and smaller groups that are more and more similar.

The Animal Kingdom is first subdivided into groups called phyla (singular: phylum). The phyla are divided into "classes," the classes into "orders," and so on until we get to the smallest division called species.

The ranking of the different subdivisions is shown in the examples of four different animals in the following chart, Examples of the Scientific Classification System. This method of classifying animals is used by scientists. The genus and species names are italicized, and the two names together are the scientific name of the animal. For example, the scientific name of the house fly is Musca domestica.

There are 15 phyla of animals, and each phylum contains animals that have a combination of characteristics that animals in other phyla do not have. The phylum Arthropoda are the animals with jointed legs, segmented bodies, and a tough or hard outer covering that also serves as their skeleton (exoskeleton). Insects have these characteristics, so they belong to Phylum Arthropoda, but so do millipedes, spiders, ticks, crabs, lobsters, and crayfish, which are not insects.

The class Insecta, or insects, are the Arthropoda that have three pairs of legs, a segmented body divided into three regions (head, thorax, and abdomen), one pair of antennae and, usually, wings. Other Arthropoda classes have more than three pairs of legs and only one or two body regions, and they never have wings. Other common classes of Arthropoda are Crustacea (such as sowbugs, crayfish, crabs), Diplopoda (millipedes), Chilopoda (centipedes), and Arachnida (such as spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions).

Sorry if I rambled, I am a Biologist and get carried away sometimes.

LOL

Side: Yes.
1 point

Surely anything that possesses organs or similar and has the cognitive ability to be able to make decisions and learn from its surrounding would be classed as animals. Google quotes ¨a living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.¨ This description is clearly indicative of insects as they do in fact fulfills this description and therefore can be classified as an animal.

Side: Yes.
1 point

Animals are creatures that have skin. Insects don't have skin.

Side: No.
dcb9242000(167) Disputed
1 point

Actually, according to Oxford Dictionaries, an animal is "a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli." Insects do feed on organic matter. They have the ability to smell, feel, taste, hear, and see, and they can respond to stimuli.

Side: Yes.
ProLogos(2793) Disputed
2 points

OK, so if its in the dictionary, why the flop did you make this globbin "debate" room?

Side: No.