Women tend to be better equipped genetically to deal with starvation than men are. When studying the Donner party tragedy it is striking how many women survived vs. how many men died. I think it has something to do with how their bodies store or use their fat reserves.
Plus, some people just cling to life more tenaciously than others.
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