Talk:Yang Xiao Long/@comment-26838620-20150901052756/@comment-25555436-20150903014910

Precisely. All that's needed is to have a brain, or anything that works as such, and with it to become sentient, self-aware, and develop an identity, a consciousness, a Persona, from which one's Soul comes. Sapience may not be required, if Zwei is any indication.

So basically, all it requires is that one is not completely stupid, and inteligent enough to develop an identity. Which means, all animals can, except insects and maybe most fishes out there, like Goldfishes.

Plants, even if one says they are alive, they have no brain or anything similar, are not self-aware, sentient, nor can they develop an identity or consciousness in any way, and thus can't develop a Soul. Plants are closer to a natural automatic self-maintained industry more than a living being anyway. Ditto with fungus, and bacteria.