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They'll only float if their lungs are fully inflated with air (from your link and my own experience). If they've been choking on water and are now drowned (as o
by superk 16y ago
They'll only float if their lungs are fully inflated with air (from your link and my own experience). If they've been choking on water and are now drowned (as opposed to drowning) I would assume that's no longer the case.
- ars 16y agoThat helps, but fat is lighter than water, so if they have some degree of it they'll float anyway.
- gcanyon 16y agoI've experimented with this. If I exhale, I sink. My body fat percentage is somewhere around 20%. I estimate that I need at least 1/3 to 1/2 a lung-full of air to have even neutral buoyancy. I understand that I might be unusual in this.
- Groxx 16y agoSame here, and I suspect your upvotes are from others who can sink. One of the ways I have fun in the water is to breathe a good amount of my lungs out, and sit on the bottom as long as I can. Sit, not hold-by-swimming. It's an incredibly effective way of learning how to control your heartrate & panic response to holding your breath, because it's hardly possible without control, and then it's pretty darned easy.
- gcanyon 16y agoI've done this many times -- fun, or maybe pleasant is a better word.
- Groxx 16y agoEnjoyable? That covers both, and for me the experience roughly covers both. It's relaxing and, yes, fun.
- c1sc0 16y agoHehe, that's I game I loved to play when I was a kid (ok, I admit, I still like it today). Never occurred to me that bodyfat could have something to do with it. And I agree it's an amazing feeling, maybe we could start an underwater meditation club? ;-)
- Groxx 16y agoSeems it'd be hard to do mantras. "Ommmblblblubublbubublublb"
- nitrogen 16y agoMy body fat percentage is somewhat lower than yours, but my experience is similar. Actually, I have to swim moderately vigorously to keep my face out of the water, even with full lungs. A pool activity I enjoy is laying on the floor with swim goggles, watching the water surface from below.