• Question: how long can an avarge human last without food or water?

    Asked by diack to Dean, Sian, Luisa, Jess, Alexandra on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by abbieclark.
    • Photo: Sian Foch-Gatrell

      Sian Foch-Gatrell answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Water, about 3 days! Food, maybe a little over a month

    • Photo: Alexandra Kamins

      Alexandra Kamins answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Humans only last a few days max without water (depending on the environment). Humans can go weeks without food

    • Photo: Dean Whittaker

      Dean Whittaker answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      No idea.

    • Photo: Luisa Ostertag

      Luisa Ostertag answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Without water: I guess only a few days (4 or 5 maybe)
      Without food: Maybe 1 or 2 months (as long as he is getting enough water).

    • Photo: Jessica Housden

      Jessica Housden answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Well, pretty long without food, but not that long with no water. I don’t know what the exact answer is, but I do have a few interesting facts! In 1942, Poon Lim survived 133 days on a liferaft with no food and very little water, which is astonishing! That’s nearly 5 months!
      The problem of food and water in Space is a big one; on the international space station they have a special machine that filters all the astronauts urine (wee) and they then drink it once it has been through the machine! Lovely! (Although, it probably tastes fine; it’s just the thought isn’t it!)

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