Originally Posted by martinw  ...Perhaps we should call a halt on this... but I'm still curious.
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Martin |
Essentially you flap like a flag in a breeze...a very stiff breeze I might add. Skin and flesh can flap and remain somewhat intact, bone fractures. Also the flapping causes all sorts of nasties to occur to blood vessels which tend to become leaky.
Google 'Flailing Injuries'.