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How can planktons swim?

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Planktonic organisms keep their buoyancy despite being denser than the surrounding waters because the organism stores oil, which has a lower density than water, in its body to decreases its overall density

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They are less dense than the water so they float.

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Anything, like plankton, that is less dense than the surrounding water cam float.

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