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Is quicksand deadly

Updated: 9/16/2023
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13y ago

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No.

Humans are neutrally buoyant in normal water, so we tend to float. Quicksand, being half sand, is far more dense, so we end up bobbing up to the surface due to our far lighter density.

You can easily 'swim' through it to the shore and pull yourself out.

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