eli5 – How can the human body be composed of 70% water when it feels and behaves like any other solid?

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eli5 – How can the human body be composed of 70% water when it feels and behaves like any other solid?

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States of matter are determined by the energy of the matter and how its bond conform inside the material. The human body holds a rigid shape and doesn’t just puddle into whatever container it’s in. How soft pliable or squishy something is doesn’t matter, only how it does or doesn’t hold itself together