I'm an outdoor guy with a family of the same. We dig animal stories and I've always marveled over the story over the USS Indianapolis, I guess in part because I'm a Jaws fan but that it was told in such a surreal and factual manner. There were 1195 men aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship while the remaining 890 went into the water to face what awaited with only 316 survivors. So in all, the sharks could've taken the 574 but dehydration and seawater poisoning probably claimed many. The wreckage was just found in 2017! And as of Thanksgiving 2021 there are only 3 remaining survivors.
Then there's this story about pissing off the US Navy in WWII. All of sudden knowing what's in those mangroves bothers me.
