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Animals

(noun) In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants). Example: "A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants."

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"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."
— James Herriot
"Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them."
— John Grogan
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
— Anatole France

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