eli5: Why do drowned bodies sink and then float?
In: Biology
Well the density of the human body is slightly higher than water, but when you breathe in your volume increases and than you are less dense than water, so you float. When you die many things happen and gasses are released. This reduces density. So you become less dense than water and float. And density is mass over volume. The reason a giant boat can float but the steel sinks.
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