&gt; We can animate them<p>&gt; We’re not saying we should, but we could, though SVG animation does have some practical applications—preloader animations, for example.<p>FYI SVG animation is deprecated in Chrome 45 and later. You&#x27;ll want to use CSS animation instead.<p>See <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;docs&#x2F;Web&#x2F;SVG&#x2F;SVG_animation_with_SMIL" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.mozilla.org&#x2F;en-US&#x2F;docs&#x2F;Web&#x2F;SVG&#x2F;SVG_animati...</a><p>Main thing is now you can&#x27;t animate SVG in &#x27;before&#x27; or &#x27;after&#x27; pseudoelements.