On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:58:06 -0000, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Liam Roberts
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:57:06 -0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

That puts the plague pretty high up your list of 'superior species'.

But its IQ is about 0.0000001. And it's not a species, it's even less than a
plant.

It is, I'm afraid. From Winky:

"Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia
pestis."

Bacteria is not equal to plant. Neither is yeast, mould, fungus, etc.