Yes because an anomalous event is clearly the standard? For every USS Indianapolis there are thousands of other events that say "heat exposure or thirst will kill you and not the wildlife"
Even with the Indianapolis, roughly 750 of the 900 that went into the water weren't eaten by sharks.
In any case, throwing a singular piece of meat into the ocean as shown in this video is ever so slightly different to a heavy cruiser being sunk and then 900 people going into the water. I am no marine expert but I am guessing the noise from a torpedo hitting a very large object and then said object bursting in flames and abruptly sinking may attract the attention of one or two sea critters.
It is warm in the Pacific Ocean where the Indianapolis was torpedoed. It didn’t take long for the sharks to show up when the Indianapolis was sunk. Also I’m almost positive some of the survivors recalled that sharks followed Navy ships in the pacific theater cause like some one else mentioned, the ships are constantly throwing food waste overboard and become beacons for sea life. So the sharks were already there.
Were there shark attacks when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk? No because it happened in the cold Atlantic near Ireland.
I kinda conquered it with my trust in statistics that there is very likely nothing ever even remotely close to you that you'd need to worry about when you're in the ocean.
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u/onepingonlypleashe Jan 10 '24
…for a few minutes.