Amazing Health Fact #11
About 83 percent of your blood is water. If that ratio drops just 5 percent, you will no longer be able to see. Another 10 percent and you will be unable to hear. A 12 percent reduction leads to your blood thickening, making it impossible for your heart to pump it, which leads to death. On the other hand. A camel can lose 40 percent of the water content in its blood and do just fine!
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