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It is impossible for anyone to survive longer than one week without drinking, yet Abdullah managed a ten day desert crossing without finding water or bringing any along. How was this possible?
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A desert is a region so arid that it supports little or no vegetation. Many areas of the far north are also considered deserts, which is where Abdullah made his ten day crossing. He survived by eating ice and snow.Hide Answer Show Answer
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couldn't he have brought other things to drink
Abdullah could have been a camel
I'm with Beelzebub....wait, that didn't sound right, I mean I agree with Beelzebub....sheeesh that doesn't sound right either. All right dang it, I thought Abdulah was a camel too, AND BEELZEBUB....YA NEED TO CHANGE YOUR NAME. I MAY WANT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT SOMEDAY AND I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY RECORD OF SUPPORTING BEELZEBUB..KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
Good one
lay off RayneeDay
Abdullah could have been trained in survival and techniques. Water can be produced by a desert still. Thus he would not have found it (it wasn't there to find), and he didn't bring it with him. All he needed was some plastic and either a hole or a healthy bush.
Good one!
Augh! Snow and ice are _still water_!
he could have also drank his urine...extreme situations call for extreme measures ;o)
im with RYRYRY on this one, water is water, even in the forms of snow and ice. so once again Blaze misses the mark. Also I see Rayneeday putting his two cents worth in, he/she can see their crown slipping away.
abdullah could have taken a lot of fruit with him its not water but contains enough fluid to survive
and by the way comet, rayn was being funny
Aug 14, 2002
To reiterate the other posters, ice and snow is water! With that in mind, let's reword your answer. He didn't find water, but he found solid and crystallized water, thus it isn't really water? Your stupidity confuses me.
I think it may be a VERY long time before someone reads this teaser, let alone the comments, but I think credit needs to be given where credit is due. This teaser is written, word for word, off of a playing card from the game Mindtrap. The submitter didn't even change the names or the wording of the solution, so although it may be wrong, it is also copyright infringement and plagerism. FYI-I have this game, which is how I recognized it, and it is a blast!
I think you will find that most of Blaze's teasers came directly from mindtrap.
Look, if something sux (in your opinion), get over it, suck it up and move on. NEXT...
So, technically, he did find water: the ice/snow. Could have been better in my opinion.
I can do it! I can survive for 9 days!
if he ate ice and snow, he'd die of hypothermia from his core temperature being lowered. You have to melt it to drink it, and not by using your body temperature, either.
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