There are many beautiful and amazing bodies of water in the world
but it's often the best looking waters which are the most
dangerous to swim in these places are so bad for your health
that you should never swim in them some will turn you into a skeleton in seconds
while others will leave you eaten by terrifying creatures you never knew
existed and some might just land you in foreign
prisons let's dive into it or maybe not
some eastern hall thailand the samison hall is the deepest diving site in the
gulf of thailand the sand is very loose and silty and
this has earned it the nickname the dark silty hole of doom its depth goes down
280 feet and if you dive down this you'll have to
deal with many obstacles this includes strong currents which
could pull you down also oil tankers often pass through here
there's also very bad visibility meaning that
many people don't make it back up gigantic ferocious fish known as
barracudas also live down here these are known to bite humans meaning they can't
swim back up and to top things off the us navy also
used this as a dumping site for ammunition
so you may well find yourself blown up underwater
if you think that giant red thing is some coral reef then
you're in for a big surprise there's said to be hundreds of unexploded bombs
in these waters but amazingly it's not illegal to swim
down here so if you're a daredevil then try it out although i would suggest
against it lake karachay russia
lake karachay is found in the southern oral mountains
of central russia on the surface it looks incredibly beautiful
surrounded by gray and brown mountains this nice teal lagoon
looks very inviting but what swimmers don't realize is
this is the most polluted place on earth during the 1950s the soviet union was
trying to get nuclear weapons of course this produces
lots of nuclear waste and almost all of that was dumped
into lake karachay yeah preserving wildlife was not their
number one priority back then some parts of this lake are so irritated
that you would pass away within one hour if you went into it
the russian government have plans to fill this lake up with concrete at some
stage that's because they're concerned about
people swimming in it so if you do feel like being radiated while having a swim
now's your chance the boiling lake dominica the name of this place tips you
off that it's not exactly safe but despite that many people get burnt
by this lake every year on the surface it looks pretty beautiful
and amazing it's surrounded by the dominican rainforests
and many believe the steam coming off the water is simply because
the water's warm and the air is cold well that's kind of the case only it's
much more extreme you see underneath the water is red hot
magma this means this lake is not simply a nice hot spring
instead it's around 100 degrees celsius that's 200 degrees fahrenheit so if you
took a dive in here then you would instantly become
human soup lake berryessa usa lake berries is the largest lake in
napa county california it was formed following the construction of the
monticello dam in the 1950s but the scary thing about this lake is a
hole which seems to lead to the center of the planet
this is known as the spillway the spillway operates when there's excess
water in the reservoir but over the years people have been
pulled inside the spillway in 2019 footage was captured of a bird
going headfirst into it but according to abc news amazingly it
lived according to experts it's actually safe
to swim in many parts of lake berryessa you just need to make sure that you
avoid the spillway because most people aren't as lucky as that bird
i can't imagine how scary it must be going down the world's
largest drain but this spillway saves way more lives than it takes
that's because it prevents water buildup which could break dams and flood cities
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there's exclusive content on there the amazon basin south america
the amazon basin is the drainage basin of the amazon river the amazon is the
second largest river in the world after the nile and it spans eight
different south american countries but it's not the water of the amazon
basin which is really the problem instead it's all the creatures that live
within it for one there are anacondas which can stay underwater for 10 minutes
there's also red-bellied pariahs which can tear you to shreds in seconds
the amazon basin is also home to electric eels
these can shock you at 600 volts that's five times stronger than a standard wall
outlet but the scariest creature of the amazon basin has to be the candy room
these are tiny fish that swim up your private parts i really
can't imagine anything worse than that so there's four pretty great reasons to
avoid the amazon basin at all costs eagle's nest sinkhole usa
on the surface this place in florida looks like just a pond
but if you dive down you'll see it's like an underwater world
there's caves which lead to underwater passages
and gigantic underwater rooms bigger than football fields
this sinkhole goes 310 feet below surface
and over the years many people have lost their lives in the sinkhole this has led
to some very eerie signs featuring the grim reaper all over the
caves in 1999 it had to close down because
10 passed away in a short period of time but in 2003 it reopened because
people would not stop diving down there the sign includes many eerie facts
for example the fact that over 300 people have passed away down the
sinkhole and also the very real warning that it
can happen to you but the sign doesn't seem to work
because people keep diving down it every day
i guess that's florida right rio tinto spain you can find the rio tinto in
spain it translates literally to red river and
that's because that's exactly what it is it looks like a maniacs just taken
someone out by this river but no it's totally
natural the red water is thanks to 5 000 years of mining pollution
this red water tempts many people to take a dip but if you do that
then you'll soon be nothing more than a skeleton that's because
this river is incredibly acidic it's one of the most bizarre environments on
earth and some scientists have said it's more
like jupiter's moon europa so if you want to get a feeling of
jupiter on earth then go to this spanish river it's so much like
jupiter's moon that nasa have even done testing on the river
lake hilliar australia lake hilliar is also known as the bubblegum lake
that's because it has an amazing pink appearance
the amazing pink color is permanent this means that you could take some of this
back home in a water bottle it's thought the pink water is thanks to
dunalia salina this is a very rare and extreme
microbiome despite the high salt levels this lake
is actually safe to swim in so why should you never swim in it well
if you do it could land you in australian prison that's because going
to this place is illegal the only way to get in is by aeroplane
and no one except for a few scientists is allowed anywhere near this lake
that's because australia is trying to conserve it and study it
hoover dam usa dams are all about moving and stopping
vast amounts of water so it goes without saying that you
should never swim in one if you take a dip in the hoover dam then you could
land yourself behind bars it's a jailable offense but there's even
more serious reasons why you should never swim in this
the hoover dam is used to make a lot of electricity and
this means you could easily get an electric shock underwater
of course that would mean instant doom for anyone in the water
in 2017 a welsh man named aaron hughes dived into the hoover dam
amazingly he actually lived and was arrested the authorities said they were
stunned that he survived that's because everyone else who tried
it has been sucked into the intakes and some have even been sucked into the
bell mouth spillways i'm glad to see aaron is putting whales
on the map nile river africa the nile river is the
largest river in the world it goes through many african countries
but we all know the biblical story of the baby left in the river nile
well if you tried that today then the baby would not make it to the other side
the nile is full of crocodiles only you won't see them coming because of the
very clouded water they used to hide from their prey
it may surprise you but every year hundreds are taken out by crocodiles in
the nile that's more than 10 times the number of
shark incidents in the usa per year hanakopia beach usa this beach is
located in hawaii but it's not the normal peaceful
hawaiian beach you'd love to spend a vacation on
underneath this beach are very strong rip tides
and they've led to more than 80 people losing their lives
the beach is so dangerous it even has an infamous sign scaring swimmers away
and the prison style tally marks on the sign are to count how many people have
lost their lives at this beach but now it's time to make your voice
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