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00zau t1_iujpb2g wrote

Reply to comment by berael in eli5 - How can the human body be composed of 70% water when it feels and behaves like any other solid? by Virtual-Structure447

Think Bubble Wrap, but with water instead of air.

Bubble wrap is probably 50% air by mass (though you can't feel it because air is weightless in air) and like 75-90% air by volume... but you can't just waft it around like 'normal air' because the plastic gives it structure.

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