What Happens If You Fall Into Quicksand?
The reason you don’t normally sink into the sand when you go to the beach is due to a physics phenomenon known as force chain. Basically, when a bajillion grains of sand are jammed together in one place, their weight gets distributed over a large area, keeping you and your camels safely above ground. But if any water happens to seep up from underground, it mixes with the sand to create a surface that looks solid, but isn’t…
With your support we can make our show better! Join our Patreon community: http://bit.ly/whatif-patreon
Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/what-if-you-fell-into-quicksand/
Made possible with the support of Ontario Creates http://www.ontariocreates.ca
Watch more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-HhCwYD7rc&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJCzxwmCq0NNpYq9N9wyb2l
The Cosmos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfuJyVkMH_g&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJno6oFF9nLGuwXNGYHmE8U
Technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3bBO05fpU&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIeRY3JtgXgoGqSEB7kDdKO
Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46TrbA8&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJNsV9FFeNAKl2ySsHj8GZO
Humanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdCDQIyXGnw&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTIFnvmOeWbv-Mt8zFxSCSvZ
Follow what-if on Instagram for bonus material: https://www.instagram.com/what.if.show/
Suggest an episode: http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif
T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifshop
Facebook Watch: https://www.facebook.com/What.If.science
Watch on Tubi: http://bit.ly/what-if-tubi
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.” — Carl Sagan
If you enjoy What If, make sure to check out our other channel “Underknown”: https://www.youtube.com/c/interestingshit
Produced by Underknown in Toronto, What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure — grounded in scientific theory — through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.
Feedback, inquiries and suggestions: https://underknown.com/contact
@gonzalezmedina
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
It may be a sayuttanic thing
@ДаняЩербак-я2щ
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
🧌 Po po po po po po po po po po po po po po po po po
@MayaEst-g1j
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Yikes! That’s scary
@Nico9-i3b
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
The thumbnail is cursed
@674studios
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
"When a bajillion grains of sand" got me rolling on the floor
@jaderai2008
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
I know how to escape from Quicksand You lean back And then ummmmmmmmmmmm
@jaderai2008
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
They just drown bro
@MushahidAyub10
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
3:03 I'd rather go for an emergency service…😂
@TheBennettShow2010
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
1:21 Fix-It Felix
@HaydenChan-de1wd
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
0:33 cute dog
@MadhumitaMondal-h9q
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Now I have scared to go closer to a sea,salt lake,lake,pond and a ocean!!!
@ButlerBuzz
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
0🦥🐦
@robertmatthews9650
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Looney Tunes got me messed up.
@Ssssssssssssssy
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
0:01 arena movediza
@Tealeila-u6o
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
What in Natures Heck is that show/Episode 0:17
@IsMe_andaman
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
It just water!
@another_shon
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
🐦🐦
@crazymr.g
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
0:04 what is this movie
@karly3604
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
0:05 0:19
@mr.dahliaking.202
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
title: huh interesting I should watch it.
thumbnail: eww sinking in shit
@huynhlientran6048
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Quicksand are dangerous😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱!!!!!!!!
@MYSTERIES_NVH
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
it's scary
@beatrizawing4275
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
𝕟𝕒𝕙𝕙𝕙𝕙
@Huskrrrr
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Mythbusters had a quicksand episode.
@Unkempt6996
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
What if I put it in a quick sand?
@Munibiscool5678
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Don’t tell me sand octopuses and snake is here
@michelleatos0105
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
In the quezon beach i step on quicksand but its weak i stand on that
@Tauras-h1f
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
0:09
@antionettewright3526
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Ilovequicksand
@wuyanchu
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
thx and god bless. ^__^ 來自香港的祝福.. regards from hong kong ^___^
@derpmeisterOSC-yeeps
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
I'm going to the Oregon coast in May. This video was useful
@mayimrai1790
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Said movies are exaggerated and then told all the ways I could die in quicksand
@olwethu_thwala63
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
So this is what TD Jakes was asking about… "Have you ever been swallooooowed up?"😂😂😂
@Ma.ErikaHernandez
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Vespa
@luckaugustin5123
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
What if humans were never morbidly curious?
@curlylozano3824
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
What if There was no water
@RishiHeda-j4n
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
As a child I used to think that quicksands were simply portals to another world
@trash-j9x
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Uou
@firdaussidik6564
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
00:00:00 scream like a girl
@卡迪斯古德CADE
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Thats a poop
@Someoneisthere692
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
I tried making quicksand at a beach once. Unfortunately I was only able to get is foot deep l:/
@smokeahontaslongbong396
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Okay but my question is, do you just sink into the earth and die? Or is there another world under there somewhere? 👉👈🤷
@maircehtaheallosethefear107
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
What if there is not stick around to give you leverage
@louismarks3628
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
That’s scary
@bagchaser3859
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
I hate people👍
@sabrinarhodes2064
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
20000 velo 20000ou 2222 29000000000000000009990⁰099⁹9belo
@ShannonHarrison-sj5ds
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
What if I sank
@billionareproductionhouse
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
I qas watching Bear grylls once, I learned if u have a stick put in forward and put ur wriats in it and pull out your body with and move forward Nd u will be out.
@Domplayz_1
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
Good channel survival tips and good
@AudieHolland
February 26, 2026 at 11:59 am
A Dutch technical university did an experiment with artificially created quicksand in a giant metal barrel.
A student was lowered into the vat and it turned out quicksand acts a lot like water, only heavier.
So your body has buoyancy in quicksand, more than in water actually and you can never get sucked under.
The main reason people have died in quicksand is that they died of exposure after getting stuck or were drowned by the incoming tide.
Comments are closed.