Why is it that when you sit still in cold water and you get used to the temperature, but when you move it feels cold again?

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Why is it that when you sit still in cold water and you get used to the temperature, but when you move it feels cold again?

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If the water is not moving, your body is warming the water around you. When you move, you also move the water, and that previously warmed up water is replaced with colder water and it also mixes with the colder water and dissipates and cools down again.

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