what have you spent a week underwater now it's quite obvious if you spent a
week underwater while you die humans need air to breathe but still
that didn't stop Tim yarrow from testing out what life is like underwater for ten
days obviously he was well equipped with an oxygen tank and a feeding tube but
still you'd be surprised at what happened to his skin and why we're here
to answer the incredible question of what if you spent a week underwater
hello friends and welcome back to another video here on life's biggest
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or answer to a question you may have I'm your host Jared Braunstein and I
want to know if you had the option to live underwater or on land which would
you prefer and why you guys got to let me know in the comments down below
anyways I'll also be responding to some comments from my first video at the end
of this one but for now let's just dive right in
see what I did there while we still try to figure out information about our
incredible earth many questions about life underwater have also come into
focus in fact some scientists have actually set up underwater labs to study
life underwater to date it's believed there's only one underwater lab
remaining Aquarius reface as recent as 2014 Fabian Cousteau and his crew spent
31 days living and working in Aquarius to study however they had a ton of
equipment which allowed them to do so but it still takes quite a toll on the
human body even if you are well-equipped for the mission more specifically it
depends how far down you are in the case of Aquarius the underwater lab is about
63 feet deep and nine miles from the coast of Florida so what happens to the
human body underwater even for a week well let's start with your skin notice
how when you come out of a pool your fingers are wrinkled
according to ecologist Ellie Harrison the reason that you get such wrinkly
hands and feet is because the surface of the skin is covered in dead Cureton
cells and they absorb water faster than any other cells because they're attached
to the live Cureton cells beneath they just pop up and end up having to wrinkle
there's nowhere else for them to go however over time it's believed that
your skin may eventually break down blistering and leaving you susceptible
to infection water pressure can also make it much harder to breathe and of
course if you didn't die from hypothermia your body would still have a
tougher time functioning because the colder temperatures would reduce the
circulation to your extremities of course in a controlled experiment it
wouldn't get to that point but even if you were in an underwater lab with all
the supplies necessary it's believed you could mess up your
senses for a period of time do to the higher density of air in the
habitat it's believed there are fewer parts per million of food odors mixed
with the air making it harder for your nose and even mouth detect on top of
this it's believed the thicker air down under pulls heat from those temporarily
living down there which in turn causes people's metabolism to work harder to
maintain body temperature which means you'd probably eat a lot more than
you're used to sight itself doesn't seem to change all that much
aside from lower amounts of light the I seem to adjust quite well but the lack
of Sun could lead to a deficiency of vitamin D and will lead to your skin
becoming much more pale than normal so to wrap up living underwater for a week
would most likely result in your skin deteriorating and if you don't die from
hypothermia your body would eventually regulate its temperature but it could
lead to you having a much tougher time moving your limbs in general and you'd
see a big increase in appetite so there you have it folks now with this
information in mind given the opportunity would you live and study
life underwater for a month you guys got let me know in the comments
down below I don't think I'd be able to do it you know being in such a small
space for so long I don't know I just don't think I'd be happy down there and
now I'll be responding some questions from the video we did titled can
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