Which of the following best describes a feature that distinguishes animals from fungi?

Animals have cell walls containing cellulose and proteins, while fungi have cell walls containing chitin.

Animals are heterotrophs, while most fungi are chemoautotrophs.

Animals reproduce sexually or asexually, while fungi reproduce by binary fission or budding.

Animals digest their food inside their bodies, while fungi digest their food externally

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Cameron Bryan

Biology

19 January, 00:19

Which of the following best describes a feature that distinguishes animals from fungi?

Animals have cell walls containing cellulose and proteins, while fungi have cell walls containing chitin.

Animals are heterotrophs, while most fungi are chemoautotrophs.

Animals reproduce sexually or asexually, while fungi reproduce by binary fission or budding.

Animals digest their food inside their bodies, while fungi digest their food externally

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Amare Harrington · Answer 1

The option which best describes a feature that distinguishes animals from fungi is that animals digest their food inside their bodies, while fungi digest their food externally.

They excrete this food, whereas you cannot see the process of digestion in animals.