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Published online 28 September 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050926-9
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Quicksand can't suck you under
Experiments show that humans do not sink all the way into shifting sands.
Although horror films frequently depict victims disappearing in quicksand, the truth is much tamer. People cannot fully sink into this type of soil, and laboratory simulations now bear out this little-known fact.
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