Does solid fat float in liquid fat?

Ice floats in its liquid state, water, because it is less dense, and I know fat also floats in water BUT will a piece of fat dropped into a pot of melted fat also float? or will it sink and what is it about its molecular structure that allows this? 


I've searched google for about three hours and all I can find are articles on fat floating in water, so any help is greatly appreciated!




I thought this question was a good idea for a home experiment to do with my 8th grade son.


Into a block of dry ice, we carved a conical mold hole with the pointed end of scissors and poured canola oil into the hole:


[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1iMrN.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1iMrN.jpg)


We covered this with a second block of dry ice for about a minute and extracted the frozen oil with forceps:


[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E3Xng.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E3Xng.jpg)


Then we dropped the frozen oil into a jar of liquid canola oil:


[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EBx8H.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EBx8H.jpg)


And it sank.


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