Eli5 why hippos can’t swim because of their weight yet blue whales can
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When thinking about whether or not something floats, the easiest concept for me was “does the thing weigh more than the water it is replacing?” A whale weighs less and a hippo weighs more. For example, a plank of wood that’s the exact size of a piece of gold would likely float where the gold wouldn’t.
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