Contrary to what most people believe, animals DO in some way have a spirit within them. God is life and therefore anything that is "alive" has the breath of God in it. This does not mean that man's spirit is the same as the "spirit" of bacteria, but there is SOME amount of spirit present. In Genesis 2:7, we have an account of the creation of man.
"the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."
The word "breathe" can also be translated as "spirit". Later on in Genesis 6:17, we are told that the animals also have the "breath of God" in them.
"I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it."
So to answer the question, in some way animals and bacteria ARE spiritual, but this is very different from man's spirit.
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