Why are humans called humans and everything else is called an animal? We're all from the same kingdom; Animal. Humans are animals, but animals are only animals. With this reasoning we can conclude that animals are humans...But wait, That's not true.
Humans are classified in this way:
Kingdom: Animalia (a stupid way of saying animal)
Phylum: Chordata (having a hollow nerve chord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (having vertebrae)
Class: Mammalia (MAMMALS, FOO')
etc. etc.
all the way to Homo sapien.
But most of the time when were talking about everything else that isn't a plant or a rock or something else inanimate all the classification we get around to is:
Kingom: Animalia.
That's seven steps of specificity that these organisms aren't allotted! Do they not deserve that distinction? Sure we're further along the evolutionary scale than them but that's nothing that you and I did. I know I can't take credit for fingers...Although I did hear Steve down the street took care of toenails for us...
Even the name 'Homo Sapien' means 'Wise'. No one who knew anything special named us that. We're just named that because that's what we think we are. That's really like changing your name to 'Awesome' when you're like 23 because you think you're rad.
...But, alas, what is to be done. I wish someone like Kanye West had worked up this system, then we'd be called something pimp like 'Homie Cappien Gangstarilius'.
-(P)
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