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Why is food needed by animals?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

All animals, yourself included, consume food to gain energy. Unlike plants, animals can't use sunlight to produce energy, however, by eating plants or other animals, an animal can convert the energy that organism had for its own use.

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