I mean, the animal part seems intuitive, however I’d like to hear the whole story…
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They aren’t plants. That’s the difference. They’re their own thing, having split off from other eukaryotes before even the “kingdom” part of evolutionary taxonomy was founded.
They don’t make their own food, they don’t undergo photosynthesis, and they don’t have the same cellular structure as plants.
You already know the difference between them and animals, what’s wrong with seeing them as not plants?
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