& viruses never invented anything. but they as a class might be able to survive some extreme places.
Plenty of animals, bacteria and plants that outclass humans in everything but one single thing: Going to the moon/space /running. But Tardigrade can live in space, so there is that:P
the quote called life a virus, not just humans. but while on the subject you could say humans cant compete with literally all life but against any single species we'd be most
Successful (ie best able to survive the widest range of environments).
