lower animal
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Last November she blocked an application by Marineland to send the killer whales to a marine zoo in Japan, citing lower animal welfare regulations in the country.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
Scientists postulate that the bacillus originated in some lower animal and jumped to humans.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2022
Dolphins, dogs and primates are the usual suspects when scientists talk about higher mental functions, but fairness, at least, extends even deeper into the lower animal kingdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
All lower animal life is also spared, presumably to rediscover the peaceable kingdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lower animal world—except so far as we allow for the operation of instincts—has, broadly, only the existence of other animals and the physical surroundings for its environment.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman
