Are most people who fall off cruise ships eaten by sharks?

If their bodies were found, we would know.

I always wondered that myself.

When you fall and hit the water, does it knock you out, and you end up drowning, because you’re unconscious?

Fall off a cruise ship and report back to us OP

Eventually.

Shit. I never thought about that possibility…

I would think the head isn’t too good, too much bone and too crunchy. Unless you can crack it open and get to the good stuff, the ooey gooey brain. But what about your ass - that’s got to be juicy any tasty? Or do they go for small bites (just like we like to do at restaurants) toes, fingers, an occasional ear lobe, perhaps. I wonder.

Have at it you bloodthirsty whores.

They go live under the sea with Ariel (not the black one) and the crab.

I always assumed the people just drowned first or died of hypothermia, before getting eaten by sharks. Humans are not the food of choice for most sharks.

Surprise!

They're in the Golden Olaf's Children's Pirate Party Room's signature Barnacle Bill Burgers.

Cruises should have highly powered underwater cameras so we could see what goes on beneath, and maybe catch a glimpse of all the passengers dying.

If you fall off a cruise ship in deep ocean water you are dead. The fall will probably kill you, if not and no one knows you went overboard (as most are drunken night falls) they will never find you and you will probably drown before you get eaten.

Octopi eat their brains!

R9 hahahaha! gold star for you.

The ocean is big, hon.

Like those 2 Navy Seals that disappeared into the ocean a few weeks ago. I guess it doesn't take long for ocean currents to carry you off. Especially if there's a rip current.

“These gays are trying to murder me!”

Sadly, most cases—an estimated 85 to 90 percent—end in death. Sea survival expert Mike Tipton, a University of Portsmouth professor and co-author of Essentials of Sea Survival, notes that variables like the height of the fall (which could lead to trauma from hitting a part of the ship), the temperature of the ocean, and the sea state and weather conditions (including visibility) all factor into the probability of survival, along with rescue team response time and the passenger's own mental state and swimming capabilities. The majority of mortalities are owed to physiological responses to frigid seawater, including a "cold shock" gasp response and the ensuing physical incapacity that takes place during the first few minutes of hitting the water, and, later on, the potential for hypothermia setting in. "The best thing you can do in the first few minutes of immersion is try to rest, relax, float," he says, suggesting that restricting movement and conserving energy is the best strategy to increase your survival odds.

The average cruise ship is several storeys tall, and water is like concrete when you hit it from that height, so there's that.

One of the problems evacuating the Costa Concordia was that it listed to one side onto rocks, making the side you COULD escape from even taller. They had to abseil the lifeboats down, pushing them away from the ship at every point so they'd keep moving. The individuals who jumped in and swam to shore (which was very close in that case) did so from lower decks before it listed.

Sharks don't like eating people. The authorities don't often find a whole person (well, in bits, but 100% of them) inside a shark. Usually a shark bites off an arm or leg believing it to be part of a fish and thinks, "That was poor. Off to look for something more delicious." I mean, that would still kill you, obviously, but they don't roam the ocean looking for people to chow down on (Steven Spielberg).

If impacting the cement like waves don't snap your spine then the slipstream from ship will drag you under the hull and the propellers will slice and dice your carcass into chum. Interestingly the drunker you are the better chanced you have of surviving.

You have to look at what the crew member tied around them before pushing them over board.

R22 ???

All of the above PLUS people aren't diving in their swimsuits - do you know how heavy a regular shirt, pants and shoes are in the water?

The link above about all of the overboards is really frightening - BUT, many of these are suicides, including by crewmembers.

Believe it or not, this happens in the Navy more often than is reported. Many times they just find the sailor's boots and dogtag on the deck in a pile.

The navy has 58-65 suicides per 100,000 Navy personnel - so around 150-180 per year. National suicide rate is 14/100,000. But Marines has the highest rate.

Octopi eat their brains. According to legend, zombies are creatures that eat brains. Therefore octopi are zombies. They will have their own show on AMC soon.

Don’t they get sucked into the propellers?

There's always been a high suicide rate in the armed forces. Usually higher than that of being killed in warfare or by friendly fire.

Horrifying thought to fall off a cruise ship, survive, and see the ship sail away.

This thread is begging for one of those "Yes, Rose" comments.

I knew a girl who fell off a cruise ship once and she died.

Liars fall off cruise ships!

No. Sharks can only dislocate their jaws to eat a whale.