Question

why are viruses considered intermediate between living and non living???

Answer 1

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Yes virus are considered as intermediate between living and non living because when they are outside the host they are non living but as they enter inside host they become living..
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Answer 2

Answer:

First seen as poisons, then as life-forms, then biological chemicals, viruses today are thought of as being in a gray area between living and nonliving: they cannot replicate on their own but can do so in truly living cells and can also affect the behavior of their hosts profoundly