Drinking sea water

[havnmonkey]

I think you're better off drinking Urine... but, then again has anyone ever tried urinate while dehydrated? It just ain't coming out.

 

[chad-purdy]

not only is salt water bad for you it can also make you go crazy. i watched a show on it and how your mind will play tricks on you and make you do stupid things, almost like being narked but not being in control or aware.

 

[Thalassamania]

To get back to the creation/evolution thread your body's salt concentration is about the same as the sea's in the Devonian. A fair amount of salt has washed into the ocean since then and raised the salinety.

 

[shakeybrainsurgeon]

Seawater has a higher osmolarity than maximally concentrated human urine. Thus, for every liter of seawater consumed, the body has to either a) excrete more than a liter of body water to eliminate the consumed salt or b) retain the salt and become hypernatremic (leading to hallucination, arrhthymia and death. Thus, either die of dehydration or saltoverload, your choice--- your kidney's choice actually).

Animals that consume seawater to live can either concentrate their urine more than seawater or, in the case of marine birds and reptiles, excrete solid salt through nasal salt glands.

 

[Boogie711]

I already have an answer but I'm curious to know what people think here.

Well sunshine - your answer is Wrong, and downright dangerous to boot. :11:

 

[CAPT HOOK]

A Frenchman quoting a Frenchman as a source ???

 

[Cheekymonkey]

What in the world is with this thread can you please exlplain where this sort of question came from.

 

[dive_lover88]

is this a joke?

 

[Crawl79]

If this isn't a joke, please don't do it....This is taught in every Water Survival Course which any person working on the ocean should take.

 

[rawls]

retain the salt and become hypernatremic (leading to hallucination, arrhthymia and death.

No more need to go any further with this...Above is your answer...That good ole sodium/potassium pump thing aye doc...Go ahead...Inject me with some hot salts when my sodium is normal