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Why would it be considered a drawback for animal cells to contain cellulose?

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the animal would become stiff and rigid and wouldn’t be able to do all the necessary thing it needs to do to survive like for example:

(-)Running

(-) eating

(-) Drinking

etc
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Step-by-step explanation:
Plants have a rigid structure, the cell wall, which surrounds the cell membrane and serves to provide shape and protect them. If animals were to have a cell wall, they would become stiff which would impact their ability to move. Animals are motile and need flexibility.
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