Can Humans Breathe Liquid?

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Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann

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[BillyViBritannia]

Rat: "Thank god, I thought they were trying to drown me."
Scientists: "Ok now let's see how long until it dies..."

[aleisterlavey]

"What are you doing for a living?"
"Drowning mice, while trying to not kill em accidentally."

[fredblogs]

This happened to me as a kid on holiday, I was swimming underwater and my leg got stuck. I was holding my breath for what felt like ages. I had my hand stretched out, out of the water, and kept it there in case someone saw me. I ended up breathing-in the water 2-3 times, although scary It was surprisingly easy.
Literally, 10 seconds later my dad came by and realised what was going on, freed my leg, and dragged me to the shore.
It hurt coughing up the water but the breathing part wasn't horrible, the fear of drowning was the bad part.

[Cmoney-cd]

I've drowned before and it was always my biggest fear. Even though I lived through it, I'm still scared of it because it was horrible trying my hardest not to breathe in the water. When your brain forces you to breathe in the water I went unconscious which was actually a huge relief from the stress on my lungs. I don't think I held my breath longer than 2 minutes but it felt like 30 minutes. I hope I never have to feel that again.

[ballroomscott]

Having to drown yourself in order to start breathing liquid sounds HORRIBLE!

[MedlifeCrisis]

I somehow forgot they had a freaking rat actually breathing liquid in the movie! In ICU settings, outside of artificial surfactant, the problem has always been emptying the lungs, as you mentioned earlier. I think a lot of people regard it as a dead end unfortunately.

[FrankJonen]

Q: Can Humans Breathe Liquid?
A: Once.

[Lord_Baphomet_]

I think it’s insane how pneumonia is basically liquid in your lungs turning moldy.

[YM-zfmt]

"What's your job ?"
"oh you know, drowning voluntarily myself everyday so i can go a little deeper in the ocean."
"sounds fun !"

[gioworno]

"the deepest a human ever dived was 332m"
The subnautica guy: *pathetic*

[speedy]

I imagine someone getting so used to breathing liquids that one day they accidentally breathe in water when swimming normally.

[ToastyNoneofyourbusiness]

I think I heard about an experiment where a woman had lost the fear response due to brain damage (i think she was missing an emygdala?) The only thing that was able to trigger a fear response was drowning/asphyxiation. Just goes to show you how instinctual that fear is

[darthtoast]

All this pressure equipment that people need to survive: Exist
Subnautica Devs: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

[itsdomenik]

When she said "you have to drown yourself, " i tryed to imagine it.
Well, it was a horrible idea.

[thomasmcelroy]

and then drown yourself...
only oceanic or extraterrestrial exploration ignite a passion strong enough for me to not instantly abandon this line of tech potential

[PixelDough]

I wonder if using anesthesia like at the dentist on someone before "drowning" them in the liquid would potentially overcome the psychological part. Like... If you're already underwater and breathing it when you wake up, how would your body react? Would it just act normal? Or would it suddenly freak out? Really giving me a lot to think about concerning the future of this sort of technology

[cmarano]

Doctor: I'm just going to connect this thing to your Femoral artery. Me: Oh HELL no.

[JesseBellas]

Doctors: I found the cure for Coronavirus
Doctors: It involves drowning

[kaylamarie]

Yep, the movie The Abyss immediately came to mind while I was watching this. Seems they were spot on. I cannot imagine taking that first big fresh breath of..liquid.

[robz]

The movie, "The Abyss, " was an interesting flick.