kennymartinz:
Foetus and fetus are two different things. Be specific on your topic here

They both mean the same. Foetus is British spelling

NotComplaining:
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This argument really exposes the weakness of English language as a tool in describing organisms. Semantically a foetus is most definitely a parasite, and the reasons you provided in opposition of the notion really reinforce the hypothesis.

English as a scientifc language will not define an intrinsic difference between some attributive pronouns. The ultimate objective of the organism can only be understood by adding an adjective e.g. benign or malignant parasite.

A foetus naturally ticks all the conditions of a benign, temporary parasite, that helps the body like leeches and mushroom fungus. A leech behaves very similarly to a foetus and God mentions it in the Qur'an to describe the foetus in the early stages of embryo development.

It does not. A foetus is same species as the mother, it results from her ovum and has no direct contact with mother's tissues. This is irrespective of language. I cannot see any difference in any other modern Western languages I know. Unless you can enlighten us to the contrary.

KillaBeauty:
That’s mutualistic

Commensalism, rather.

A fetus is definitely a very highly evolved parasite.

Whenever I see placenta of the fetus, the movie "Strain" comes to my mind. You know those long proboscis the strigois project to drain blood and nutrients from the human victim.
That's exactly what babies do to their mothers.
They use their placenta to "zap" blood and nutrients from their hosts(Mothers), and if care is not taken, or if mother was already anaemic before pregnancy, she can develop Anaemic heart failure over time.
Few times, the stupid parasites even throw their proboscis (placenta) at the wrong part of the host,( ie lower Uterine segment) , predisposing the host to serious life threatening haemorrhage she might even die from, if no medical attention is provided to her.

Some of these parasites(Babies) make their hosts(mother) glucose intolerance level to increase, and then the mother develops gestational diabetes ( Pregnancy induced diabetes), which makes her a future candidate for full blown Diabetes Mellitus in the future.
Let's not talk about how they can induce severe hypertension with end organ damage ( Possibly leading to Kidney failure, heart diseases, poor vision, etc), even convulsions for the mother. And some of these conditions can become irreversible after birth, and the mother can die from them.


Getting rid of these parasites is not easy either.
Many women had died trying to get rid of them via induced abortions, and many more through the natural process( child birth).
Pregnancy is an immunsuppresion state, as the foetus through immunological processes, depress the mother immune system, to prevent the mother immune cells from recognizing it as a parasite and attacking it. This predisposes the pregnant woman to being susceptible to diseases, that she ordinarily wouldn't have been susceptible to, but for the baby presence. Even at that, in cases where the foetus exhibit strong antigenic difference from the host, the host produce anti bodies to attack the parasite, leading to baby's death (Erythroblastosis fetalis).

A foetus, surely is a parasite, if you remove sentiments, as
It drains the mother biologically, immunologically and physiologically
It's also hard to eliminate, without excruciating pains and possible death to the host.

kennymartinz:
Foetus and fetus are two different things. Be specific on your topic here

kennymartinz:
Foetus and fetus are two different things. Be specific on your topic here

kennymartinz:
Foetus and fetus are two different things. Be specific on your topic here

my friend will you keep quiet....both are gives the same meaning... consult before you show your level of illiteracy

Uyiii:
No.

There are at least 10 scientific distinctions between a parasite and a fetus.



Parasites usually elicit a surge of antibodies as an immunological response. With the fetus, however, a mother’s trophoblast (the shell of cells surrounding the embryo) will naturally block these antibodies so as not to reject the fetus. This reaction is only found in the embryo-mother relationship.



https://www.quora.com/Can-a-fetus-be-scientifically-and-biologically-categorized-as-a-parasite-If-not-how-does-it-fail-to-meet-the-criteria-for-one

Have you heard of erythroblastosis fetalis. It's a physiological event whereby the opposite of what you said do happen

SalamRushdie:
A foetus is a parasite to the mother and the destiny of the mother ..just take it from me

in orubebe's voice "we will not take it ! you are selective! you are partial!... "

125diCalcitriol:
A fetus is not a parasite


A parasite is an organism of one species in or on an organism of other species & deriving nourishment from the host


A foetus is an organism of one species living in the uterine cavity of an organism of the same species and deriving nourishment from the mother. A dependent relationship, but not a parasitic relationship

A parasite is harmful to some degree to the host

A foetus does not usually cause harm to the mother, provided proper care & nutrition is provided by the mother

So if a foetus causes problems for the mother, it becomes a parasite

No, A foetus is not a parasite because it belongs to the same species as the Host ( Mother) A foetus is a foetus, it Passes more as a Mutualistic relationship than a parasitic one. Because the Baby gets food and shelter and livelihood from the mother while the mother is more than happy to carry the child. The mothers Happiness is Paramount, Normally, Parasites constitute nuisance to the host.

125diCalcitriol:
A fetus is not a parasite


A parasite is an organism of one species in or on an organism of other species & deriving nourishment from the host


A foetus is an organism of one species living in the uterine cavity of an organism of the same species and deriving nourishment from the mother. A dependent relationship, but not a parasitic relationship

A parasite is harmful to some degree to the host

A foetus does not usually cause harm to the mother, provided proper care & nutrition is provided by the mother

my take but stand to be corrected.
Feotus is a parasite, which man is a Paratenic host (sperm cell) and women as Definitive host (where fetal develop, grow and lives is completed ) Type=obligate parasite . Association = commensalism.

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sprints1:
fetus is not parasitic...its a mutual relationship between organisms of the same species as the baby is deriving nutrition from the mother she is also getting her returns from the baby her hormonal levels changes positively she starts to gain weight grow more boobies massive raised butt, more appetite and etc... Note: parasitism do not occur among organisms of the same species its just like caterpillar eating a butterfly or egg eating a chicken..so pointless question...unless it is stated as cannibalism which is obviously not ...Good day

Mutualism.
Was it not typical association in parasitism

IbnuUche:
[left][/left] Mutualism.
Was it not typical association in parasitism

mutualism is a different association on its own... were organism derive benefits from each other with nor harm caused...parasitism on the otherhand causes harm to the host... so how is fetus causing harm to his mother...neither is it parasitism or mutualism but we can likened it to mutualism(symbiosis) cause of the xterics that exist among the organism...

Yoruba4Life:


Foolish African mentality right on display here ooo.

Elucidate. Why couldn't you have simply utilize a common layman term, "explain"?

All these just to show us you go school sha.. Na wah ooo. I wonder how that increase the carbohydrate in your mitochondria or protein in your nucleus

Sorry for using a term that stressed u. I know what u passed through to know the meaning of elucidate.

Don't tell me u r this lazy as an african with sharp mentality on display u r not suppose to complain...

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