Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An animal is any of the following--
(a) a live member of a vertebrate animal taxon;
Examples--
an amphibian
a bird
a fish
a mammal, other than a human being
a reptile
(b) a live pre-natal or pre-hatched creature as follows if it is in the last half of gestation or development--
(i) a mammalian or reptilian foetus;
(ii) an avian, mammalian or reptilian pre-hatched young;
(c) a live marsupial young;
(d) a live invertebrate creature of a species, or a stage of the life cycle of a species, from the class Cephalopoda or Malacostraca prescribed under a regulation for this paragraph.
Examples of creatures of the class Cephalopoda--
octopi
squid
Examples of creatures of the class Malacostraca--
crabs
crayfish
lobsters
prawns
(2) However, a human being or human foetus is not an animal.
(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the following are not animals--
(a) the eggs, spat or spawn of a fish;
(b) a pre-natal, larval or pre-hatched creature, other than a creature mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c);
(c) another immature form of a creature, other than a creature mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c).