: Whether or not a virus is alive depends on your definition of life, but scientists generally do not consider viruses to be alive. They don't have all the processes of other bigger living things: they need the other living things to reproduce—they can't do that by themselves. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:15, 28 March 2008 (EDT) | : Whether or not a virus is alive depends on your definition of life, but scientists generally do not consider viruses to be alive. They don't have all the processes of other bigger living things: they need the other living things to reproduce—they can't do that by themselves. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:15, 28 March 2008 (EDT) |