Cellulose is indigestible to most animals because
A) animals do not have the enzymes needed to hydrolyze ester linkages between the monomer units
B) animals do not have the enzymes needed to hydrolyze the α -glycosidic linkages between the monomer units
C) animals do not have the enzymes needed to hydrolyze the β -glycosidic linkages between the monomer units
D) its molecular weight is too high for it to be degraded by enzymes
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