Y'all talk about REASONING and INTELLIGENCE and all kinds of other vague bullshit. But it's pretty obvious that you just want to fling poopoos at whoever disagrees with your preferred definition for the word "animal".
While dictionaries don't tell us which definition is "correct" or "incorrect", they tell us how words have previously been used in certain writings. Here's what mine says:
[1] living organism which feeds and has sense organs and a nervous system and is able to respond rapidly to stimuli.
[2] such an organism other than man.
[3] brutish person
Next time you come across a word whose intended definition you disagree with, accept the writer's definition. If their definition isn't clear, ask them to be more specific. Willy-
>>21 and willy-
>>22, fly with me! :-)
Now let me do the honours. Willy-
>>20: Which definition did you intend?