• Question: are there any creatures who have the same organs as us?would that mean they are similar to us?

    Asked by to Del, Catherine, John, Krishna, Mo Rassul on 18 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: John Foster

      John Foster answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      Lots of mammals have similar organs to us, this is due to evolution. But some are quite different, for example cows have a stomach with four compartments!

      Some have organs that are very similar to ours – a pig’s heart can pump with the same force as a human heart. The valves from pigs hearts are sometimes used in transplantation operations

      Insects such as the fruit have very different organs to us, but have the same organ systems. A way to breath air and a way to get blood to the other organs for example.

    • Photo: Catherine Mansfield

      Catherine Mansfield answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      Yes, lots of animals have the same or similar organs to us. So they are very similar to humans and it also means that they can get the same sort of diseases in their organs that humans get.

    • Photo: Adelle Thrower

      Adelle Thrower answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      many animals have the same organs as us yes. but as a species they are still different as they have adapted to be the best at what they need. for example mammals in general have similar organs- but we are not like dolphins….

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