Moxie Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Read something today and now I'm curious what everyone else believes? Humans=mammals or not?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Read something today and now I'm curious what everyone else believes? Humans=mammals or not?? Yes. I didn't know that question was up for debate. Now I'm curious about what you read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccolopy Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes. I didn't know that question was up for debate. Now I'm curious about what you read. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 :confused: What else would they call us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes. I didn't know that question was up for debate. Now I'm curious about what you read. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes, humans are mammals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 What else would they be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes. For some reason I could see this as a thread that could down hill fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kidlets4me Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes, why wouldn't we be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I'm genuinely confused as to why this is even a question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have exclusively breastfed my kids, so, I'm voting yes from my belief in the power of my mammary glands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Er, yes. Although some folks I know seem more like reptiles ;-) we are all mammals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have exclusively breastfed my kids, so, I'm voting yes from my belief in the power of my mammary glands. I:iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Not really a subject of debate, is it? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 :confused: What else would they call us? Unless you are of a species that refers to us as the "solids". :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have exclusively breastfed my kids, so, I'm voting yes from my belief in the power of my mammary glands. :iagree:I'll go with this one to justify my status as a mammal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Not really a subject of debate, is it? Bill Apparently it is! Really I want to know what else this source is calling us. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have exclusively breastfed my kids, so, I'm voting yes from my belief in the power of my mammary glands. :iagree: Yes Go! Mammals! Mammal: any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Unless you are of a species that refers to us as the "solids". :tongue_smilie: :lol: Oh the little green space people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have exclusively breastfed my kids, so, I'm voting yes from my belief in the power of my mammary glands. Perhaps only women are mammals? :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes. For some reason I could see this as a thread that could down hill fast. I agree with you, Betty! I have no idea what we would be called besides mammals, but I'm sure someone will eventually want to fight about it! :D Maybe it's part of some sort of religious "humans are not animals" kind of argument??? Whatever the case, I have never heard of humans not being mammals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acablue Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Um, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Interesting. I can see why there may be a debate about it, someone not wanting us to be classified as such. However, by definition, we are mammals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Perhaps only women are mammals? :D Bill So what does that make you, Bill? :D (Make something up -- but be sure it sounds very sciency and complicated, so it will seem convincing!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 So what does that make you, Bill? :D (Make something up -- but be sure it sounds very sciency and complicated, so it will seem convincing!) Man :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Perhaps only women are mammals? :D Bill Men have milk ducts.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Men have milk ducts.:D Prove it :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ofus Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 The kids had a co-op class on animal classification & the teacher instructed that humans were not mammals. That they shared characteristics but were exclusive & above the animal kingdom. It was the first I'd ever heard of such a thing & was like :ohmy:. Then she taught the children to spell amphibean. I kid you not. So, apparently, it is up for discussion somewhere. Just not at my house. We spell according to the dictionary as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) The kids had a co-op class on animal classification & the teacher instructed that humans were not mammals. That they shared characteristics but were exclusive & above the animal kingdom. It was the first I'd ever heard of such a thing & was like :ohmy:. Then she taught the children to spell amphibean. I kid you not. So, apparently, it is up for discussion somewhere. Just not at my house. We spell according to the dictionary as well. Now I'm sure it's some sort of religious thing. Are you sure you want this woman teaching science to your kids? :eek: PS. BEWARE THE AMPHIBEANS!!! I don't know what they are, but perhaps they are some sort of hideous legume that lives under water and come out to terrorize innocent beachgoers... ;) Edited November 8, 2012 by Catwoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 um,mammal is just a descriptive term for a creature that gives live birth, lactates, and has fur. We give birth to live young, lactate, and have fur, therefore we are mammals. There is no belief or unbelief about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Man :D I like it. It's catchy. It's easy to pronounce. It's easy to spell. Way to go, Bill!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I like it. It's catchy. It's easy to pronounce. It's easy to spell. Way to go, Bill!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: It's a gift :D Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Read something today and now I'm curious what everyone else believes? Humans=mammals or not?? i don't think it is a matter of belief. for example, i don't "believe" 2 + 2 = 4. it follows the rules of mathematics. it is. (although i must confess to having given birth to children who have attempted to convince me otherwise ;)). likewise, there is a definition of what is a mammal and what isn't. here's a definition (from wikipedia, as it was the most concise that came up early on): air-breathing vertebrate animals characterized by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young. homo sapiens sapiens fits the definition. hth, ann eta: the current definition doesn't include live young, as the monotremes lay eggs but are classified as mammals. Edited November 8, 2012 by elfgivas@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 um,mammal is just a descriptive term for a creature that gives live birth, lactates, and has fur. We give birth to live young, lactate, and have fur, therefore we are mammals. There is no belief or unbelief about it. I don't have fur either. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 OK, I will state my opinion, but I do not want to start a fight. This is just what I believe, I am not forcing opinions or beliefs on anyone else. While I believe humans share characteristics with mammals, I do not believe that humans are animals because in the Biblical account of creation: a) God spoke the animals into being b) God created Adam from the dust of the earth and breathed the breath of life into him c) Adam is made in the image of God and the animals are not d) Humans have souls, animals do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ofus Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Are you sure you want this woman teaching science to your kids? :eek: :D Um. NO. I had no idea I had picked a controversial topic. I seriously thought it was going to be a fun zoo animal visiting class. I did some serious "undoing" that semester. :glare: We still attend but we pick things like gym, legos, cooking, photography, etc. Things that are pleasant fun extras & no hot buttons. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 As someone once said of a different subject, I don't just believe it, I've seen it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 OK, I will state my opinion, but I do not want to start a fight. This is just what I believe, I am not forcing opinions or beliefs on anyone else. While I believe humans share characteristics with mammals, I do not believe that humans are animals because in the Biblical account of creation:a) God spoke the animals into being b) God created Adam from the dust of the earth and breathed the breath of life into him c) Adam is made in the image of God and the animals are not d) Humans have souls, animals do not. I believe humans are animals with a spirit. I also believe that the image of God talked about is not a physical body, but a spirit. God is spirit. As for the scientific definition, we fit the description of mammals. The scientific classification does not stipulate anything about a spirit or soul so humans and cats can be classified together as mammals, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 According to my elementary school's catechism class we are god's creation. According to science class we are mammals (Homo Homo Sapiens). So it depends on whether I was sitting for a Science exam or Bible Knowledge exam. Since I am non-religious, my answer is that humans are mammals under the classification system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Abso-oodly-doodly. Somewhere in the last ten years I have persuaded my husband that humans are animals, and also mammals. Accepting the mammal part was not the bitter bite: accepting that we are animals was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I don't have fur either. Bill I'm sorry. But the Telly Savalas/ Patrick Stewart look can be quite fetching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a27mom Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Ok I'll bite. I believe that humans are distinctly different from animals and therefore should be considered outside of the taxonomy used for animals. This is based on my religious belief, that our creation in God's image separates us from animals. Since we are not an animal I would not call myself a mammal. However, if I was teaching taxonomic classification I would definitely state that humans meet the criteria for mammals, or have mammalian characteristics. If it was a secular group I would say "according to taxonomy humans are mammals." If it were a Christian group I would explain the above rationale. I don't think I would volunteer to teach biology to a secular group though, unless they are willing to have it presented from a Christian perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) OK, I will state my opinion, but I do not want to start a fight. This is just what I believe, I am not forcing opinions or beliefs on anyone else. While I believe humans share characteristics with mammals, I do not believe that humans are animals because in the Biblical account of creation:a) God spoke the animals into being b) God created Adam from the dust of the earth and breathed the breath of life into him c) Adam is made in the image of God and the animals are not d) Humans have souls, animals do not. Uh oh. :eek: I hope you're wearing your flameproof suit, because both Betty and I saw this coming and these things never end well......... :D I was waiting for the animals/mammals conversation to start. Start with "are humans mammals" and add a dash of "animals don't have souls" and you've got a recipe for disaster. Don't worry -- I'm not going to argue with you, even though I don't agree with you, but I can't imagine that other people won't. (I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but I have been trying to be good lately! ;)) Edited November 8, 2012 by Catwoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I'm genuinely confused as to why this is even a question. :iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabel Lee Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2012 by Annabel Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpoy85 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 OK, I will state my opinion, but I do not want to start a fight. This is just what I believe, I am not forcing opinions or beliefs on anyone else. While I believe humans share characteristics with mammals, I do not believe that humans are animals because in the Biblical account of creation:a) God spoke the animals into being b) God created Adam from the dust of the earth and breathed the breath of life into him c) Adam is made in the image of God and the animals are not d) Humans have souls, animals do not. I agree with all BUT D. I believe animals have souls. Do I believe my dogs will be waiting in heaven? yes. The bible doesnt really say one way or the other on the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes, humans are mammals by scientific definition. And for Spycar: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/85/why-do-men-have-nipples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes. We have live babies, have the ability to nurse our young, have hair, are warm-blooded, and breath air. Mammals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabel Lee Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2012 by Annabel Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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