Why was Robert Hooke only able to see plant cells and not animal cells?

Answer 1

Robert Hooke didn't worked on animals .

Answer 2

His microscope was what we would call primitive. He only looked at dead cells and only found the walls around plants cells. He could not see anything else. What he did see were very tiny groups of tiny boxes. He called them cells as they were very small and were mostly alike. The idea of 'cell' reminded him of the tiny rooms that monks slept and worked in.

Answer 3

Robert Hooke was only able to see plant cells when he observed cork under a microscope because plant cells have cell walls that are more rigid and easily preserved. Animal cells do not have a distinct cell wall, making them harder to observe without being distorted or destroyed during the process of preparing the sample for microscopy.

Answer 4

well he was really looking at cork then he discovered similar compartments and named them cells

Answer 5

Robert Hook thought animals had no cells because he could not see the cells

Answer 6

Yes He Did Consider Many cells as eukaryotic cells. but only the animal cells the prokaryotic cell is considered to be a plant cell. (:

Answer 7

because..... plant cells have cell wall

Answer 8

Robert Hooke discovered plant cells. It was the general scientific belief in this time that animals and humans were one single unit, not millions of small units.

Answer 9

Robert Hooke didn't worked on animals .