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Your skin has the protein called keratin in it. The keratin in your skin makes you waterproof.

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Humans and most animals have oils on their skins that are designed to prevent water from entering pores. This prevents absorption and therefore we do not swell.

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Q: If cells act as osmotic systems why don't humans swell up and burst while swimming in fresh water which is hypotonic to our blood extracellular fluid and intracellular solutions?
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