In what ways are animals inferior to us?
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Disregarding the fact that we are animals, it surely depends on your perspective of inferiority, if it is intellect, then yes, but if it is complexity, no, a salamander's genome is more complex than ours, and if it is the ability to survive, then again no, there are bacterias that can even live in boiling water. Well, the very concept of inferiority and superiority is human, which nature doesn't know. So it all depends on how you see...
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