2007-09-20 07:00:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
If you stand on regular ol' sand and shuffle your feet back and forth you will eventually, after about a week of doing this, be buried up to your neck.
In quicksand it takes about 3-4 minutes. Quicksand is really sand and water mixed; the sand is too hard to actually dissolve so you wind up with a slurry instead of mud. The more you struggle, the more you sink.
2007-09-20 07:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is fast because it has a water content that is 20 times higher than ordinary sand.Usually this is caused by an underground spring. The result is that it is like a marsh bog, and it cannot support your weight, so you sink in it. The rate of your descent depends how much water content is in the sand.
2007-09-20 14:11:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "quick" in quicksand does not refer to to speed, but rather to the archaic definition: "endowed with life." (as in "the quick and the dead").
It was so named because of the way it flows and acts to entrap you, as though it were alive.
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2007-09-20 15:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by Chewie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u fall fast in quicksand.
2007-09-20 14:03:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you step into quicksand, it won't suck you down. However, your movements will cause you to dig yourself deeper into it.
Read about "How Quicksand Works" http://www.howstuffworks.com/quicksand.htm
2007-09-20 14:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by annie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you would die at a much quicker rate than had you not fell into the quick sand.
2007-09-20 14:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by a2z_alterego 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rate you sink in it
2007-09-20 14:03:37 · answer #7 · answered by Hayley 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's a sprinter, normal sand is a long distance runner
2007-09-20 14:06:15 · answer #8 · answered by Jim C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are the one thats `fast` when you step in it .lol
2007-09-20 15:44:34 · answer #9 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don`t think it is quick, it is just a death trap.
2007-09-20 14:08:25 · answer #10 · answered by skunk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋