Not scared of diving into the deep blue? Well, you might be after getting a load of what this guy caught on camera.
According to Healthline, around five to ten percent of the population have thalassophobia. That’s a crushing fear of deep bodies of water, if you didn’t know!
A survey conducted by the University of South Australia back in 2021 claimed that a lot of people who hate the water are petrified of sharks, while others are a bit more wary of drowning in deep water.
A video posted on social media has Redditors admitting their scared of the ocean (Reddit)
A big chunk of people are actually scared of other animal encounters too, and, after watching this viral social media video, you may be as well.
Basically, it shows a guy who works on an oil rig amusing himself while standing on top of one of the towering platforms.
For starters, those with a fear of heights were left feeling quite sickly, while others couldn't believe that the man had put his trust in a metal grate to take his weight.
Although oil rigs are obviously erected with safety stuff in mind, it does look like the ideal spot for some kind of James Bond villain to install a trap door.
But thankfully, it isn't Goldfinger up there - it's just some Redditor mucking about while on his lunch break.
Anyway, he decides to drop a portion of his leftovers through the holes in the walkway, which is hundreds of feet in the air, right down into the ocean below to see what happens.
The identity of the snack he sent down to the fishes also sparked much debate online, as although it appeared to be some sort of flapjack, others reckoned it could have been a cookie or a chicken nugget.
But that is besides the point - unless you are trying to find out what aquatic creatures have an appetite for, of course.
Would you want to go swimming with the so-called aquatic beasts? (Reddit)
As the unknown food object tumbled through the air, all was quiet - until it got a few feet away from the surface.
Out of nowhere, what looks like hundreds of fish start thrashing around in the previously calm waters as they all battle it out to get their hands on the gift from the skies.
They dart across to where it landed and devour the small chunk of grub, no doubt reducing it to nothing in just a matter of seconds.
As you can imagine, the footage has made people think twice about diving into what appear to be empty waters, as it seems you never know what could be lying in wait.
One viewer said: "Well, I’m never swimming outside a pool ever again."
A second joked: "Note to self: don't fall off an oil rig."
"Bro singlehandedly caused an all-out war down there,” penned a fellow Redditor.
"That metal floor is the difference between you living another day or turning into fish food,” another commented.
Someone else chimed in, saying: “I'm not going into that water."
Others pointed out that fish tend to hang about near oil rigs due to it being a good spot for plants and marine life to base, while they also get the odd scrap off humans.
But as we all know, where fish go, sharks tend to follow.
Another social media user pointed out: "Food drops, pool of fish emerge. Pool of fish emerge, sharks emerge."
Some even said the footage seemed to have captured the 'real life version' of the Lachrymose Leeches in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events... and if that isn't enough to keep you out of the water, I don't know what is.
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