• Question: if we had no air how long would we live? :)

    Asked by emilylomas to Akram, David, Gill, Jack, laurenceharwood on 14 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Akram Alomainy

      Akram Alomainy answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      A general rule of threes for survival is that to stay alive you must; Breathe air within three minutes; Find warmth/shelter within three hours; Drink water within three days; Eat food within three weeks!

      Obviously, there are always exceptions and people having different abilities or maybe animals 😀

    • Photo: Gill Menzies

      Gill Menzies answered on 13 Mar 2012:

      Wow – I love Akram’s answer. Its neat!! Can’t beat that I’m afraid.

    • Photo: Jack Snape

      Jack Snape answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      David Blane did it for a while didn’t he? But he’s crazy! Don’t try it! 😉

    • Photo: Laurence Harwood

      Laurence Harwood answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      It depends very much on body temperature but 3-4 minutes is the about the most. Some extreme free-divers can stay down for longer but they breathe oxygen for some time beforehand. I remember one woman who survived an hour trapped under water in an apline stream because the cold water cooled down her brain – but I think she took about a year to recover. So the answer is, not long!

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