body help: why does the human body float on water

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why does the human body float on water

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An Unknown Location | 4 years, 6 months ago (4 minutes after post)

Air in your lungs

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An Unknown Location | 4 years, 6 months ago (6 minutes after post)

And body fat.

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An Undisclosed Location | 4 years, 6 months ago (1 hour, 12 minutes after post)

air mainly - we aren’t solid, and there is a lot of space in a body, and a lot of things which are “lighter” than water (less dense) - also, the fact we can displace water reasonably well :)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (2 years, 10 months after post)

because fat and the air in lungs has a lower density then the water.

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