Contrary to popular belief, quicksand doesn't actually swallow a person whole as they struggle to escape. The real danger in quicksand isn't that it completely envelopes a person, it traps them at roughly waste level and makes it almost impossible to escape. Mix that with a quickly approaching ...
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Video description from the National Geographic YouTube channel: Is it possible to survive being stuck in quicksand? Jonny Phillips risks life and limb to experience firsthand what it is like to slowly sink into quicksand—just a few feet away from an incoming tide.
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