Bucket of quicksand

Non-hydraulic quicksand- no pressurized water, no hoses attached to bucket. Stays semisolid and supports weight until set into motion at which time person or object begins to sink. Light movements turn sand into a fluid, heavy motions or resistance return it to its solid state.
All ingredients are natural and used in their naturally occurring states. Main ingredient is ordinary sand, in this case large mixed grain river sand, and is 90% of the mixture.

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  Science & Technology

[Grimoi]

this isn't quicksand

[qsandmkr]

Really? Then what is it and what facts are you making your claim by? Just because it's not what you've seen Hollywood claim quicksand to be or the 'sandboil' type of quicksand that Mythbusters did? You do know that quicksand comes in different types, actually I'd guess you don't...

This IS true quicksand. Look up Morcambe Bay and Mont Saint-Michel to see this exact type of quicksand in a natural setting.

[Grimoi]

well there too little of water in it. So once you are calm on its surface i expect that quicksand would let you sink more quickly. This is still more of a clay.

[qsandmkr]

No- real quicksand will let you walk on it and will support your weight when undisturbed. The danger is that when you walk on a single spot enough you will begin to sink, which is why at Morcambe and Mont Saint-Michel people must walk side by side and not in a single file; else-wise the people in the back would begin sinking into the sands. Again, this is not a 'sandboil'- where upwelling water separates the grains of sand.

As for being clay- this 90% sand, not clay

[MarioLuigi141]

Does it reallly cut off the circulation to whatever gets stuck in it?

[qsandmkr]

The deeper you go the more weight is compressing whatever is in it, which is what keeps you from sinking too deep to begin with. While it doesn't cut off circulation completely it does restrict it and one would not want too spend an overly long time deeply submerged without doing small movements to help keep the blood flowing up the legs. I've not had as much issue with this in quicksand as I have in marine quickclay- the clay is much tackier and creates much more pressure

[qsandmkr]

Um, this is a toy. I mean it would be awful hard drown in a shin deep bucket but I'm sure you could prove me wrong...

[PattyMMelt]

its a non-Newtonian fluid, like the cornstarch/water mixture that many people are familiar with

[fantasyboy222]

U should have make it deeper and sank whole into it! ;)

[Derpy Hippo]

I'd like to see him in proper quick sand would u

[Jason Spade]

when r u going to make another video

[asherleez]

i got a bucket of that one 2!

i put my lego minifig on top of it and it sank

[icyshadow0]

no. but you would :P

[nicemikkel10]

Quicksand doesnt "eat" whats around of it. Its just sand mixed with water. And its proved your sink faster when you resist. So if you get "Stuck" in quicksand while your at a forest with some other guy. dont move at all. And shout "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP"