Seems like you can float on your back forever, without really getting tired. When people drown in lakes or oceans, why can’t they just float until someone rescues them? I get it if you’re wearing clothes heavy with water, but if you were already swimming, or at least dressed for it…?
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If you don’t have a life jacket and are able to stay calm without trying to swim then ideally as long as you can breathe and inflate your lungs you can float, but you can’t stay awake forever. There are more ways to die in open water than just drowning. Sun exposure, hypothermia, dehydration. Maybe a shark eats you or maybe your skin just rots from being in the water so long.
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