Why viruses are considered to be an intermediate between living and non-living?
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ᴠɪʀᴜsᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʀᴅᴇʀʟɪɴᴇ ᴏғ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏɴ-ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ sʜᴏᴡ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪsᴛɪᴄs ᴏғ ᴀ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ɴᴏɴ-ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ. ᴀs ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɴᴏɴ-ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ғʀᴇᴇ ᴀᴛᴍᴏsᴘʜᴇʀᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴀ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ sʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴏғ ᴀ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ʀᴇᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.
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Viruses are considered at the borderline of living and non-living because they show both the characteristics of a living and a non-living. As they react like non-living in the free atmosphere but when they enter the body of a living organism then they show the features of a living organism and start reproduction.
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