Daniel Rocha wrote:
But there is a crucial difference between dividing in organs and in
different individuals which is the ability to reach resources. A
colony of cells cannot do much other dividing tasks among themselves
but it cannot reach anything beyond its volume or it must count on
passively on the ecosystem's flow of matter and energy. But a hive can
do it by itself actively!
So can a mobile animal.
Of course there are huge differences between most colonies and animals .
. . but in some cases the distinction is blurred. A jellyfish is a
colony of cells
- Jed
