Do not try this at home. Or the beach. Or anywhere else, tbh.

If you fell into quicksand in real life, you wouldn't sink in like people do in the movies.

Good news! That thing where people drown in quicksand is actually pretty unrealistic. In reality, while you could get stuck, you're never going to get dragged under completely.

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If you fall into quicksand you sink to about your hips or waist, and that's it, you're stuck. You will not be pulled under, you are in no danger of drowning.

Here's a GIF showing a man jumping around on some quicksand in Morecambe Bay.

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You're less dense than quicksand, so you can't sink unless you're holding heavy items or you struggle and make the quicksand liquify more.

It's the same principle that explains why you float in water (thanks, Archimedes). "You float much better in quicksand because it is acting as a fluid that is twice as heavy as water, which is why one only sinks to about half of one's body length," says Zimmie. "The heavier the fluid, the better things float."

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