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minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoCould be. I have never encountered quicksand but I have heard that you don’t really sink past your waist.
minus-squareonion@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoMost quicksand probably isn’t that deep, so you’ll end up standing on a more solid layer
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoExactly. I doubt there is a 2m deep pit of quicksand I need to be worried about
minus-squareDudewitbow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoi believe it follows similar laws as water and buoyancy. you slow/stop sinking once the displaced water/force is greater than whats above the sand. Similar to deep eater, panicking only allows you to sink more.
Could be. I have never encountered quicksand but I have heard that you don’t really sink past your waist.
Most quicksand probably isn’t that deep, so you’ll end up standing on a more solid layer
Exactly. I doubt there is a 2m deep pit of quicksand I need to be worried about
i believe it follows similar laws as water and buoyancy. you slow/stop sinking once the displaced water/force is greater than whats above the sand. Similar to deep eater, panicking only allows you to sink more.