Drowning...confusing question.

[king2005]

This is something I have looked into for many years (about 8). I know people HATE when i bring this up, but it goes very well with this topic. I breed feeder rats (no imbreeding, I'm ubber picky as I do give some away as pets). I feed live & dead. I once thought drowning was painless & thats how I killed my feeders many years ago... I soon realized that not only was it painful, but the animal was being scared to death in the process. I then held off on killing them until I found a better way. I read info online & talked to my Bio & Chem teachers. We all disscussed this in great detail for a long time.

Besides dying in your sleep, freezing to death is the next best way. But it has to be done right. There needs to be shaving or someway for the animal to keep its feet warm as frost bite is painful! What happeneds is that hypothermia sets in. What that does, is it slows the body down, which then makes the animal fall asleep until death happeneds.

[GreyhoundGirl]

I flipped over one of those styrofoam boats and couldn't flip it back over. I wasn't really close to drowning I guess, just really scared. I'd be really scared drowning, it sounds painful, seeing as you're filling your lungs with water instead of air. But I'm a fully qualified lifeguard now So I'm not scared much anymore.

[*iluvskipper*]

Hmm.. Lol I wouldnt really know because I've never drowned before.. But I've always thought of it as if you just like pass out from not having enough air so that would be it...

[coco-bean]

im sure your body would ache because unless someone is suicidal, i would try and swim to get to the top and swimming makes you tired, just like the feeling of not making it when you know deep inside that if you try real hard...i know when i would go swimming in the summer i'd try and swim as long as i could without taking a breathe, my body ached and my head was pounding so hard.
It might hurt a little...but the feeling of knowing your going to die just isnt pleasant!

[king2005]

But I've always thought of it as if you just like pass out from not having enough air so that would be it...

Its actually a long death. It can take 5-10 mins to drown to death.. .just because you stop moving, doesn't mean your 100% dead yet... I've learned that with rats. they look dead but they can jump start again. Its a god aweful thing.