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     But he spent
         most of his time
             looking at plants and fungi.

     The cells of plants
         and fungi
              have cell walls.

     This makes them
         easy to see.

     Animal cells
         do not have cell walls.

     This absence of cell walls
          makes it harder
               to see the outline
                    of animal cells.

     Because Hooke
          couldn't see their cells,
        he thought
             that animals
                 weren't made of cells.








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