Why do plants have dead cells whereas as animals have living cells?

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Plant cells and animal cells are both eukaryotic cells and are also similar to a large extent in terms of the cell organelles .

In plants dead cell get hardened with age and remain as part of the body whereas in animals dead cells are destroyed or digested and expelled from the body.

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Why do plants have dead cells whereas as animals have living cells?

Plant cells and animal cells are both eukaryotic cells and are also similar to a large extent in terms of the cell organelles . In plants dead cell get hardened with age and remain as part of the body whereas in animals dead cells are destroyed or digested and expelled from the body.

Plant cells and animal cells are both eukaryotic cells and are also similar to a large extent in terms of the cell organelles .

In plants dead cell get hardened with age and remain as part of the body whereas in animals dead cells are destroyed or digested and expelled from the body.