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Asked by MatildaP to patricklennard, katiespencer, Jozsef, emilyhill, Camilla, Abbie Y on 24 Jun 2024.
Question: Would you say that animals bodies act the same as the human body?
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Camilla Cassidy answered on 24 Jun 2024:
In a lot of ways, yes; when we respire the same sort of chemical reaction is happening in human bodies, as in dogs, as in snakes, as in fish, with oxygen becoming carbon dioxide. However, because animals are all different and some are more closely related than others, the way that our bodies allow these chemical reactions can be very different. The lungs of our close relatives the apes look very similar to ours, and that of a dog’s look similar too. But even though a fish respires the same, they get oxygen through gills, through different specialised processes that are adapted to their environment. When we’re warm, we sweat to cool down; dogs don’t sweat, so they pant. All animals share basic chemical processes, and even when they’re not exactly the same we will encounter shared challenges that different animals have evolved different processes to deal with. Across the animal kingdom many things are shared exactly the same, or are at least analogous to each other.
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Eleftheria S commented on :
In many ways, animal bodies do act like human bodies because humans are animals too. Here are a few examples:
Breathing: Just like us, most animals need to breathe to get oxygen. They use lungs, gills, or other organs to breathe.
Eating: Animals need food to get energy, just like we do. They might eat plants, other animals, or both.
Moving: Animals move in different ways. They might walk, run, swim, fly, or slither, but all this movement helps them find food, escape danger, or find a place to live.
Sensing: Animals use their senses (like seeing, hearing, and smelling) to understand the world around them, just like humans do.
Growing: Animals start as babies and grow up into adults. This process is similar to how humans grow from babies to adults.
However, there are also differences. For example, animals might have fur, feathers, scales, or shells instead of skin, and they might live in environments very different from our homes. But in many basic ways, animal bodies work a lot like ours!