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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	what is it, like is it a really deep hole, and cement around u preventing u to move, and why is it that the more u try to get out, the faster it sucks u in?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	Quicksand is caused by an oversaturation of sand or fine soil from water rising up through it. Here is a diagram showing how it happens. It is from [link=this]http://science.howstuffworks.com/quicksand1.htm" style="COLOR: #FFFF80[/link] site. Under normal circumstances, you can't be sucked completely under by quicksand. It is denser than the human body, so at some point you will float. The reason it is hard to get out of is that you are working against a vacuum, just like pulling your feet from mud. [/font] They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	so u cant die from being in qucik sand.why doesn't the water particles get to all the sand particles.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Well you could drown if you don't know how to swim. But it doesn't suck you under like in the movies. ><>
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Actually you can't drown. Like said earlier it is denser than we are, so we would float before we went under I saw this on myth busters once too and they floated at chest level
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	That's the best damn show on discovery following wild d.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	they say that if you find yourself sinking into quicksand, that the best thing to do is to try to go into a floating position and try to float your way out of it. assuming you've made it to a point where your only option is to float out of it i guess.... "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
Tanya81 Fish Addict Posts: 633 Kudos: 419 Votes: 37 Registered: 27-Jun-2003	Hehe.... Mythbusters is a cool show! 72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up 75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	They say you can drown in an inch of water So if you tried (or maybe passed out in it?), I'm sure you could drown in quicksand too. ><>
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Well, sure if you stuck your face into it and inhaled; but by merely standing there, nothing will happen to you.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	People actually watch the discovery channnel Last edited by dude_dude at 15-Aug-2005 01:10
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	LOL, Of course Dude! Suckers like me even watch SBS! For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
rabbit Fish Addict Posts: 580 Kudos: 461 Votes: 7 Registered: 24-Oct-2003	discovery channel has american chopper
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	i have been stuck in quick sand its actually kinda fun went past my hips, then i started asking for a bit of help
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:30


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