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A fetus is pretty much just a parasite: An organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense. amirite?

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Except a parasite is an organism that survives like that. A "fetus" is a stage of life, it's not a parasite it's whole life.

Unless it grows up to become some sort of vampire. Then I guess it would be a parasite its whole life

@CallMeMrRight Except a parasite is an organism that survives like that. A "fetus" is a stage of life, it's not a parasite it's...

there is nothing in the deifnition of parasite that says the parasite has to be a parasite it's whole life

Favvkess avatar Favvkes Yeah You Are +1Reply
@Favvkes there is nothing in the deifnition of parasite that says the parasite has to be a parasite it's whole life

But calling an organism a parasite is implying it always was, is, and always will be a parasite.

Otherwise, the correct wording would be "is acting like a parasite" or something like that.

but parasites live in an organism of ANOTHER species. not the same one

@Favvkes not according to the definition of parasite

parasite: an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.

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@Favvkes "An organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's...

A fetus is NOT A PARASITE.
Because it's the same species as it's mother obviously.
It might have parasite like characteristics, but that does NOT make it a parasite.

@Favvkes not according to the definition of parasite

Are you seriously trying to support the idea that a fetus is a parasite?

I'm pretty sure even the author of this post meant it as a joke.

Totally leaving religion out of it, science says "uhhhm NO"...rather emphatically.

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i guess all of us were parasites at one point then O_O

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So are kids. And my girlfriend. And my roommates. God I'm such a tool...

As my uncle once said "A fetus is a collection of cells living off your body's nutrients. Like a tumor"

Laughing_sporks avatar Laughing_spork Yeah You Are +3Reply

Ladies and gentlemen, the beauties of pregnancy!

Logically, the woman's body should be attacking the fetus, but instead, it nourishes it and even sacrifices itself for it. Result of natural selection I suppose.

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@angels_001 Logically, the woman's body should be attacking the fetus, but instead, it nourishes it and even sacrifices itself...

Actually, the immune system would kill the fetusand does, in most miscarried babiesbut the fetus usually disguises itself as part of the uterus wall.

Tangletalons avatar Tangletalon Yeah You Are +2Reply

True, true. A living organism.

Sexys avatar Sexy Yeah You Are +1Reply

Well this makes my Tokophobia that much worse.

Abortions for all!

Ram27s avatar Ram27 Yeah You Are -3Reply
@Ram27 Abortions for all!

Very well, no abortions for anyone.

Ram27s avatar Ram27 Yeah You Are +15Reply

except you invited it in, its not really harmful/deadly like any other parasite, and eventually it comes out as a human...so no

@freddo Tapeworms are parasites that some people invite in

you all can disagree all you want but science says no, children aren't parasites, sorry.

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...that's like saying chips are harmful because you can choke on them.

@chickensarecool01 except you invited it in, its not really harmful/deadly like any other parasite, and eventually it comes out as a...

Not all parasites are harmful or deadly and there is nothing in the definition of a parasite that says it can't be human.

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