what is a nonliving organism that needs food,water,and nutrients?

SO WHAT IS THE ANIMAL, BECAUSE ALL NONLIVING THINGS DONT NEED ANY THING TO EXSIST RIGHT?
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You could make the argument that viruses need nutrients to persist. They are non-living and do not perform their own metabolic functions but they do rely on the resources of host cells to persist.
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