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They don't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it, whether it had any Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on

In a similar way with planeswalkers, battles can draw out a game because attackers must choose between disrupting a powerful card or attacking a player's life total

Thematically, this is supposed to represent the creature surviving combat, but the mechanic does not care how the creature was tapped