Human kidneys can only make urine that is less salty than salt water. Therefore, to get rid of all the excess salt taken in by drinking seawater, you have to urinate more water than you drank. Eventually, you die of dehydration even as you become thirstier.

citiem vārdiem sakot, ja jūras ūdens ir mazāk sāļš par tavu urīnu, viss kārtībā. dzerto sāļāku ūdeni, tu nomirsi no atūdeņošanās, jo organisms centīsies tikt vaļā no sāls un izčurās vairāk, nekā iedzers