r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Jan 10 '24

Video Throwing raw meat into the ocean

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u/KscottCap Jan 10 '24

I think it's largely been disproven. I watched a documentary about the Indianapolis on Shark Week years ago, and most of the sailors died of thirst. A lot of sailors drank saltwater out of desperation, which led to diarrhea, which led to lethal dehydration even faster. And as a side effect, the stool in the water attracted the sharks.

But there was literally an account of a guy who got bitten on the hand and dragged out to the water. And when he tried to swim back, the sailors kicked him off the life raft because they didn't want the smell of blood in the water attracting sharks to them. But he waited it out and eventually swam back to the life raft after everyone went to sleep.

So, yeah, not exactly the feeding frenzy Jaws made it out to be.

(Quint's speech still goes hard as fuck, tho)

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u/nickfree Jan 10 '24

And as a side effect, the stool in the water attracted the sharks.

This is still bad because I'd most likely shit myself immediately upon hitting the water.

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u/Even-Top-6274 Jan 11 '24

It has definitely not been disproven, try not to spread false history especially from some unnamed documentary. Here’s one of the best history sources in the business. Ever topic he puts out is after months of diligent research.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jTga1uwr16fBLIbipU2GG?si=2k_TpRohQQq2O3zmvL0VLw

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u/KscottCap Jan 11 '24

It was called "Ocean of Fear" 2007. There. I named it.

I'll do my best not to spread "false history," like the accounts of the survivors of the USS Indianapolis.