Describe the effect on animal cells of the cells do not contain enough water

Animal cells also take in and lose water by osmosis. They do not have a cell wall, so will change size and shape when put into solutions that are at a different concentration to the cell contents. Red blood cells lose water and shrink in a concentrated solution. They swell and burst in a solution that is too dilute.

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