eli5 - How can the human body be composed of 70% water when it feels and behaves like any other solid? Submitted by Virtual-Structure447 t3_yigwqd on October 31, 2022 at 4:31 PM in explainlikeimfive 24 comments 18
Randvek t1_iuj4u2k wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:45 PM There a lot of good answers here but I’ll add this note: humans aren’t 70% water. We’re closer to 50% (females tend to be lower, males tend to be higher), but even that percentage will fluctuate quite a bit during the day. Permalink 1
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