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		honest_george on Jan 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean How much heat would you lose by submerging your head and neck, versus how much would you gain by keeping the fetal position? I'm not sure if that's a positive tradeoff.

tomc1985 on Jan 25, 2018 [–]

Keep in mind fetal position requires almost no effort to maintain.

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