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Caribbean woman swimming with two children: lungs project

Your lungs as swim bladders

Your own lungs still can act a little like swim bladders. Here’s a lungs project: When you go swimming at the pool or in the ocean or a lake, try taking a deep breath and floating while you hold your breath. Then try blowing out all the air, and floating.

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Which is easier? Do you float higher in the water with your lungs full of air, or empty? Does it matter how long you hold your breath?

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