Comment on Piranhas

• spicytuna62@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Quicksand was never a problem for me, but growing up on a farm, soft mud was often a problem for me. Good news is you can pretty immediately tell when you’re walking through the stuff and can just…turn around. Worst that happens is you lose a boot, and that genuinely sucks.

  But it’s not the kind of thing you step into and you’re up to your knee in 2 seconds.

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• Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But you don’t sink all the way into it

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  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unless you panic and thrash about. The force required to pull your leg out is more than the force of buoyancy keeping you up. So if you are up to your hips, and you just try to step out, you will keep sinking. Once your chest is under, it will be hard to breathe and the panic gets worse.

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    • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Could be. I have never encountered quicksand but I have heard that you don’t really sink past your waist.

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      • onion@feddit.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Most quicksand probably isn’t that deep, so you’ll end up standing on a more solid layer

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      • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        i believe it follows similar laws as water and buoyancy. you slow/stop sinking once the displaced water/force is greater than whats above the sand. Similar to deep eater, panicking only allows you to sink more.

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    • Xephonian@retrolemmy.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nope. Sand+water is less buoyant than you. You float. Death comes from dehydration or exhaustion. Not from drowning.

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      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m not sure you read my comment.

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