Trees - Plants or Animals?

Plants.
Obviously plants.
But trees share some pretty undeniably similar characteristics with animals that are worth taking a look at, unless you're a biology major, in which case, you might get offended (if you're not already). In fact, some trees are so animal-like that professionals in the field call them "tranimals." As you can imagine, if the term were ever widely publicized, "tranimals" would spawn a host of problems with vegetarians and Christmas-killing Jews who keep Kosher, so the coinage has been a well-guarded secret within small circles to keep things simple for the small-minded masses.
But here I am letting you in on the secret. Good thing this blog protects my identity.
Perhaps the best example of a "tranimal" is the tree from Charles Schultz's "Peanuts." Let's observe:

To the untrained eye, this looks like a perfectly normal tree, which is generally referred to as a "plant." However, trained eyes may notice a grin within the leaves. This grin has been observed on many animal species, such as:

Is it an accident that both the aforementioned tree and the aforementioned animal (clearly a cat) share the same grin? I don't think so. I don't think so AT ALL.
Damn tranimals. Damn conspiracy theories.