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Two main reasons, one is support the other is to give a protective barrier like animal skins.

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Due to the presence of large Vacoules, plants have rigid cell wall as vacoules provide turgidity to plant cell maintaining rigidity of of the cell walls.

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Q: Why do plant cells have rigid cell walls while animal cells don't?
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