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Is The Ocean a Living Thing?

I know there are many living creatures, living IN the ocean. It has it own ecosystem, etc. But the ocean itself, do you ever wonder that it might be a living singularity? I mean doesn't it seem to have its own characteristics? Have you ever visited the beach and brought a bottle of seawater home? After a few hours it starts to smell, like taking it away from sea it starts to die.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
If i remember my school biology correctly, it can't be described as a living thing because of the following.

All living things move. Water doesn't unless assisted by either gravity or evaporation.

It doesn't grow.

It doesn't feed.

It doesn't excrete.

It doesn't respire.

it doesn't reproduce.
GrinNude · 61-69, C
Yes... The whole planet is a living, breathing and conscious organism... Gaia....
rayoflight · 46-50, M
I can understand completely. I've actually seen a documentary in the past that investigates whether water IS life...or a life form...Can't recall the name right now. If you think about it, life as we know it cannot exist without water...so maybe it is living or life itself. Who can prove it's not so?
That's a very interesting concept. Yes, I think the ocean, itself, is alive. What I think you smell is the micro-organisms which have died off after they've been taken out of their living, breathing habitat.
Shell · 31-35, F
@PhoenixPhail Yes, makes sense
in10RjFox · M
Its a world by itself and I see it as opposite of air .. like we live in air world and thats water world. Anything has to perish in this world, for even rock solid can't remain so forever.
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SW-User
No. it's not. It has some of the same reactions, but it's not a living thing as in having a consciousness.
That is such a beautiful and true perception!
Shell · 31-35, F
@NuclearSub Thank you
kimbearly · 41-45, F
Because there are no currents in a bottle
SW-User
It's not. Though it has wonderful forms of life in it.
SW-User
No. The ocean is not a living thing... even if it responds in certain ways.

 
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