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by dogprez 925 days ago
The metal shell is ridged though, so the volume maintains the same with the vacuum. A rubber duck collapses with a vacuum inside of it, thus losing the shape of a duck and reducing the volume of the object =). That's why I said it's just a piece of rubber with eyes.
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> A rubber duck collapses with a vacuum inside of it

Not if there is vacuum outside too. In a vacuum it remains a duck and still floats.