Is Genesis to be taken literally Part II

Vegekrill, obviously. Not to put words in Terry's mouth, but the fundamentalist reply I've seen most often for "no death before the Fall" involves a "Biblical" definition of what can "die" - only that which has the breath of life in its nostrils. Stomata on tomato leaves presumably don't count as nostrils. The further logical consequences of this approach, though, need a little exploration - if Terry or anyone else here supports it.

1) 'Cause He didn't think it through very carefully.
or
2) 'Cause that's the way the story got passed down to the scribe that wrote it down in its present form.