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Biology › Cells › Animal cells

Age level:  11-13

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Red blood cells

Red blood cells do not have a nucleus! They lose this just before being released into the bloodstream. This means that they only live for about four or five months and then die at a rate of two million per second! New red blood cells are made at the same rate.