The Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) is a usually solitary animal, besides the rutting months, and a good swimmer. There exist two subspecies: the Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis inermis) and the Korean Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus).
Viruses lack most of the internal structure and machinery which characterize 'life', including the biosynthetic machinery that is necessary for reproduction. In order for a virus to replicate it must infect a suitable host cell.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Viruses are considered to be non-living because viruses are not cells, they don't use energy to grow, and they do not respond to their surroundings (breaks the seven characteristics of living things).In addition, they cannot reproduce without a host cell and cannot produce or consume nutrients.hey are alive in the sense that they are organic material, but not in the sense that they are independent living things.   Also they cannot respond to stimulus.   Most biologists today consider viruses to be nonliving because viruses do not have all the characteristics essential for life.