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Originally Posted by pressld2

For me "naturally" is the key word in the dictionary definition given above. Sure there are lots of introduced plants and animals that are "growing" or living" here, but they are doing so only because they were brought here by people and therefore not "naturally". On that basis I would say that an introduced species is not an indigenous one.

Of course, you could argue that since Homo sapiens is just another species of animal which evolved from the earliest life forms on the planet just like every other species, then we and everything we do - from whittling wood to dropping H-bombs - are "natural".

So where does that leave my first argument? I dunno! Nurse! The screens!

Dave P.

I admire your point LOL! If some plants can be found on all four Corners of the Globe then i'm on the wrong thread (idioms and Phrases)