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Explain the benefits to an animal of storing glucose​

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Glucose can be stored in animals in form of glycogen. glucose being a simple sugar has high ion content. This increases the concentration gradient and thus water can be drawn in from the neighboring cells. The cells would bust. Glycogen being a polysaccharide can be hydrolysed to glucose through action of enzymes to provide energy.

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