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because salt water contains high levels of salt, which acts to dehydrate your cells in your body, therefore consuming it actually gives you less water, as opposed to fresh water with no salt in it.

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Because the salt intake from the sea water will increase the OSMOLALITY of the blood. Diffusion is the reason he will die faster because the water in his tissues will leave to decrease the concentration of salt in the blood. He will become increasingly dehydrated.

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