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viruses are not living things because they only carry out reproduction which is only one of the characteristics of a living thing.
a thing to be called living it should have all the seven characteristics listed below:
Respiration - viruses don't respire(breathe)
Nutrition - viruses do not feed
Excretion - since they don't eat and breathe they don't give out anything
Sensitivity - they are not aware of the surrounding expect for their survival
Growth - viruses don't grow no increase or decreaase in size
Movement - they move
Reproduction- they reproduce
since only two characteristics are present viruses are declared non living .
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