# Drinking semen for survival? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 17, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635 "2004-07-17T23:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/1 "2004-07-17T23:27:00Z")
Say that you’re lost in the desert with no water. However, you do have several 5 gallon water containers full of semen (let’s not get into _why_ you have them). Can you survive for longer than a normal human could without water by drinking the semen? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/2 "2004-07-17T23:35:55Z")
I’d think you’d have a problem with the salt… ---
**Author:** ![tailake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tailake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tailake)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/3 "2004-07-17T23:38:02Z")
You might have a really happy camel though… can we move on to why you thought of this? ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/4 "2004-07-18T00:10:18Z")
Would semen coagulate inside the bottles? I know it sometimes coagulates in my, erm, passing experience with it. Wouldn’t it line your throat until you eventually needed a huge swig of water in order to choke down any more semen? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/5 "2004-07-18T00:15:32Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Wouldn’t it line your throat until you eventually needed a huge swig of water in order to choke down any more semen? In the context of this discussion, that question makes perfect sense. But anywhere else… ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/6 "2004-07-18T03:46:39Z")
Not sure about in a desert. But I understand that it’s an often used survival technique in some prisons. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/7 "2004-07-18T04:53:21Z")
> [@](#): > > You might have a really happy camel though… can we move on to why you thought of this? Well, I was reading Return of the King, and I got to the part where Frodo and Sam run out of water in Mordor. I was talking with a friend about the book, and he joked that Sam could give Frodo the last bit of water, and he could suck off Frodo to get the “water”. ---
**Author:** ![tailake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tailake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tailake)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/8 "2004-07-19T07:20:05Z")
ooooooh! Hobbit luv… well that’s ok I guess, wait, 5 gallons of hobbit spunk? That would be all of hobbiton and most of bree unless there is something I’ve misconstrued about hobbits… So where you are going with this is some kind of gay hobbit perpetual motion desert crossing machine? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/9 "2004-07-19T12:34:06Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > Well, I was reading Return of the King, and I got to the part where Frodo and Sam run out of water in Mordor. I was talking with a friend about the book, and he joked that Sam could give Frodo the last bit of water, and he could suck off Frodo to get the “water”. I seriously doubt you’d actually have a net gain of water from that. Sex tends to make people sweat. ---
**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/10 "2004-07-19T15:35:31Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Sex tends to make people sweat. True, but couldn’t Sam just do that finger-up-the-ass-and-here-comes-the-spunk routine, that I’ve seen in, eh, movies, and such… Or do Hobbits not have anal g-spots… ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/11 "2004-07-19T16:08:03Z")
I’m sure I’m not the only one who was reminded of [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=198659&highlight=fried+semen) thread. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/12 "2004-07-21T03:13:08Z")
> [@Achilles](#): > > True, but couldn’t Sam just do that finger-up-the-ass-and-here-comes-the-spunk routine, that I’ve seen in, eh, movies, and such… > > Or do Hobbits not have anal g-spots… All I know is that while I’m fairly certain Frodo and Sam were getting it on (I think the book makes it clear) I’m also fairly certain there’s nothing in Tolkien’s writings to suggest that Sam stuck his finger in Frodo’s butt. Anyway, I’m too busy fantasizing about Faramir and Aragorn getting it on to give the matter any further thought. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/13 "2004-07-21T03:17:29Z")
OK, I started a thread on antimatter weapons. I’m perfectly willing to concede it’s an out-there subject. But _this_… ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/14 "2004-07-21T14:37:36Z")
I think the bottom line, **emekthian** , is that no matter how studly your companions may be, you’ll need to consider alternate sources of water and nutrition on your camping trip. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-semen-for-survival/255635/15 "2004-07-21T14:48:53Z")
Maybe this is the reason that women seem to survive better in extreme conditions :o 😉