Describing dogs, rocks, fertilised ova etc as atheists is technically accurate, but not particularly useful to discussion; since atheism is generally understood to pertain to humans who espouse a certain position. It's also technically accurate to describe humans as being made of meat, but hardly useful when swapping recipes.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
