| 1 | 
                    
                        
            yogurt 
            (
            or 
            more 
            precisely,
             
            yogurt 
            cultures)
             
            can't 
            die,
             
            and 
            therefore 
            you 
            can't 
            call 
            them 
            animals; 
            there 
            is 
            no 
            point 
            at 
            which 
            its 
            fermenting 
            will 
            cease 
            aside 
            from 
            if 
            you 
            were 
            to 
            destroy 
            it 
            completely,
             
            every 
            last 
            cell.
             
            For 
            something 
            to 
            be 
            a 
            living 
            being,
             
            it 
            needs 
            the 
            ability 
            to 
            die,
             
            and 
            yogurt 
            can't 
            die.
                     | 
                    1 | 
                    
                        
            yogurt 
            (
            or 
            more 
            precisely,
             
            yogurt 
            cultures)
             
            can't 
            die,
             
            and 
            therefore 
            you 
            can't 
            call 
            them 
            animals; 
            there 
            is 
            no 
            point 
            at 
            which 
            its 
            fermenting,
             
            or 
            other 
            autonomous 
            functions,
             
            will 
            cease 
            aside 
            from 
            if 
            you 
            were 
            to 
            destroy 
            it 
            completely,
             
            every 
            last 
            cell.
             
            For 
            something 
            to 
            be 
            a 
            living 
            being,
             
            it 
            needs 
            the 
            ability 
            to 
            die,
             
            and 
            yogurt 
            can't 
            die.
                     |