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    Why is it so dangerous for people adrift in the ocean to drink sea water?

    Question #56999. Asked by eschatologist. (May 01 05 3:41 PM)


    kaylofgorons

    Because the high salt content will actually dehydrate them.

    May 01 05, 4:17 PM
    eschatologist

    Yes, and what are some of the more unusual effects of this dehydration?

    May 01 05, 5:11 PM
    potterguy

    Well, you throw up, soon and repeatedly, which would aid in evacuating water from your body.

    May 01 05, 5:22 PM
    eschatologist

    Yes, but the strangest thing is that it will often causes a person to hallucinate often prompting them to jump over the side of the boat and drown.

    May 01 05, 8:53 PM
    potterguy

    How in the world would anyone know this fact if all who experience it jump in and drown?

    May 02 05, 5:05 AM
    eschatologist

    Other people are on the boat with them and witness it.

    May 02 05, 5:37 AM
    eschatologist

    And, I didn't say "all who experience it" I said "often".

    May 02 05, 5:41 AM
    Arpeggionist

    So why is the Dead Sea a popular spot for health spas? I've gone swimming (or, more accurately, floating) there recently and - though I didn't drink a drop - I came out of that water dehydrated as a prune.

    May 02 05, 7:11 AM
    eschatologist

    The high salt content water has health benefits for the body but drinking it is not one of them.

    May 02 05, 2:48 PM


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