Why The Most Terrifying Enemy In WWII Wasn't Human
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There is another reason large amounts of people would be attacked.
February is the middle of the nesting season for crocodiles. Female crocs defend their nests the same way they hunt. So, anyone unlucky enough to stumble upon would likely get attacked. A croc with a full belly would go dormant and let the soldiers pass. A mother defending her nest would attack everyone who gets too close.
Very good point!
It's rumoured that for years afterward, many of the crocodiles in the area were seen wearing shoes and carrying luggage covered in human skin.
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Croc 1: oh you got that new Gucci on
Croc 2: das right baby 100% human leather
Croc 1: oooh that would have cost a fortune
Croc 2: duty free!
Croc 1: wow, you go girl *does neck shake and put finger up and side to side movement thing
I can just hear that in Thoughty's voice.
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😂😂😂😂😂
I have heard this story over the years(I'm 81, so I have heard a lot of stories), but the thing that always bothered me was, what did all those crocks eat when there weren't a thousand Japanese soldiers weren't around. This was the first time that the story was refuted. As usual, good video.
In Africa, crocodiles come from miles around when the wildebeest and zebra migrate to the crossing areas. The eat their fill there, and may not eat again for the rest of the year. There are hundreds in that area, but only a few the rest of the year. Doesn't mean there couldn't have been more there, temporarily, that spread back out again after it was over.
@@jaythor70yes but the crocs wouldn't have known them tasty Japs were coming ! 🤡
@@jaythor70 there are no zebras or wildebeest or any other animals that cross the swamps for migration, there simply being a 1000 crocodiles is simply just too much because there's no reason to get in the swamp
@@PsiJuicuhe said in Africa clearly you’re ignorant
@@PsiJuicu Well, neither of us was there, but hypothetically, in the 1940s, crocodiles were much more prevalent than they are today. We aren't talking about a patch of river, this is dozens of square miles of water/swamp. How do you know how many crocodiles are in a given area in 1940s? These are the records of the time. I trust those far more than the guesswork of an unknown 70 years later that wasn't there.
I have to admit that re-using the same recording of a man screaming over and over again began to crack me up after a while!
That scream along with the silly animations of brutal deaths really made it for me 😂 plus 6:13
AAAH AAAAH AAWAAAH AAAH
Like Wilhelm
I was hoping the guy would get eaten already
Take a shot every time it plays, and by the end of the video you'll be as dead as the Imperial Japanese Army.
I had a really scary close encounter/close call about 8 years ago, when my dearly departed husband was still alive. He was an archaeologist, and not only was I his life partner, I was also his business partner. So both of us were exploring the rivers in the Mattamuskeet area looking for potential sites for Indian villages. Suddenly, Fred went, “Um, Kathryn, you’d better turn around!” I did so--and there I was, eyeball to eyeball with a ginormous 18-foot alligator! What’s more, my left hand was literally just inches from his jaws! Needless to say, I went “EEEEEEKKKKK!!!” and jumped about three feet forward (almost going overboard in the opposite direction). But Gatorzilla just lifted his head, went “Huh? What?” and went back to sleep sunning himself. Later that day, we crossed the same spot, and Gatorzilla was gone, but his bed was still clearly visible in the mud and grasses.
Alligators are considerably more chill compared to naturally aggressive crocodiles...
Alligators are not south pacific salties. They are cool calm and collected. Attacks are rare
You: eeeeek! Jumps.
Alligator: visible confusion.
Cool story. Emphasis on the STORY part. Or maybe he just didn’t love you that much
@@debbylou5729 Hand to god, it really happened. And I highly advise you to not speak ill of the dead! He died in my arms after a freak hunting accident, btw. How it is I’m not having nightmares about it I still have no idea. There was so much blood--
The animation of the Japanese type 99 rifle was very spot on. The way I see it it would ha e been horrifying just knowing that any salties were nearby much less waiting to strike. Even if a small percentage got eaten, imagine what that alone would do to moral of all of the others.
The animation of the crocodile “death roll” had no business being so funny 6:13 😂
I liked how the animators made one of the soldiers look like Thoughty.
Yep. War is definitely one of the most traumatizing and scarring experiences one can have, but watching your friends getting mauled by Dinosaurs has got to be up there.
There's a guy who served during Vietnam who once told me that a lot of times it wasn't the gunfire or landmines that you had worry about it in the jungle, it was the wildlife like snakes, bugs, bats, crocodiles. and tigers.
A co-worker from way back was a Vietnam Veteran, his VFW friends all called him Goose and I asked how he got that name. He said it was because in Vietnam he carried 2 Mongeese in his backpack and when they would take a position the the jungle he'd let them out and had them on leashes he staked to the ground. They would go after any snakes that got close. He said more than once they saved him. He had a male and female that would breed and he'd sell the babies to other soldiers. He said that he fed them and walked them around to take care of nature calls and most of the time they would just be crashed in his backpack.
Our old neighbor told me the same thing. I always wanted to be a marine so I used to talk to him all the time and after I got back from boot camp he told me to keep an eye out when I went to Iraq because you never think that in war that you could die from an animal. He's terrified of spiders and snakes to this day
My father was all over the world in ww2...he went to Africa...he shot and killed a tiger with a 45 Tommy..he had no choice...
@@gregmccarter2176 I didn't know tigers lived in Africa.
Bats. Really.
He is quite possibly the most entertaining story teller there is
MrBallen enters chat:😅😅😅
@@Sicario215-kp7ly No doubt mr ballen has very exciting stories to tell & love his way of putting us viewers like we are there...on the spot!! But he lacks video & sound editing skills specially.
He is pretty good but he is no Mr.Ballen
You must have never heard of Lindybeige
Mr Ballen cant tell any story, when he tries to be funny he becomes SO CRINGE, its like looking an old boomer boring dad trying to be funny during a dinner. He is good when telling morbid stories, but just that. He is good for making suspense, but he is really boring and cringe. He hardly could make me laugh, when he tries to be funny I skip it, always.
FYI, crocs & gators store their kills at the bottom using rocks & debris from the bottom so it's not uncommon for them to kill more than they could eat plus there's a territorial urge they need to satisfy as well as hunger so it is very possible for a moderate amount of crocs to commit such large kill counts, if they actually did, we could never know but rest assured it is possible.🐊
I though about that too, they would store their meals away, as you said, under rocks and debris to soften/decay to be easier to eat.
also I did a little research just now, and apparently there were _thousands_ of crocodiles on Ramree island prior to the 60s when their population started dwindling. Yet in this video, Thoughty2 made it sound as though there were maybe 20 crocs in the water lol. _Thousands_ of crocodiles could very easily kill a few hundred exhausted, disoriented, already-injured soldiers though right? especially when they often make multiple kills and store them for later.
@@Cme684 and apparently there were THOUSANDS of crocodiles on the island at that time! Since the 60s the swamps were drained and hunters killed many, so _now_ there's only hundreds. But back then it was thousands! I wish people would do a little more research before making videos like this trying to "debunk" something
@@VexaraxThing is, the soldiers probably mostly died from drowning or the sickness that the brackish water gave them. If they're escaping to mainland safe to assume some of their numbers are badly wounded. and introducing dirty water to an open wound is grounds for infection.
not to mention "blood in the water" would attract not just crocs.
@@Geheimnis-c2e it’s hard to know because I’ve seen lots of footage of perfectly healthy people falling into croc enclosures or out of boats and even if there’s only like one crocodile, it’ll rip that person apart pretty quickly. So now you have injured men limping along in a relatively small area filled with _thousands_ of crocodiles (who are probably hungry due to food competition) and it seems pretty understandable that many would be eaten (and stored for lager as crocs are wont to do).
Of course yes many also would have died from their injuries etc.. but Thoughty2 made it sound like there was only 20 crocs so it’s impossible that many of the men could have been eaten, making the story “fake”. But it takes only a few minutes of Googling to find that the croc population there now is much smaller than it would have been when this happened.
I once went fishing with my dad when I was very young. Maybe 8-9 years old. The island that we went to hadn’t yet become a preserve, and at the time was legal to fish on. We had been on land, but standing on what was was essentially a downward slow angled walk directly into the water. What I saw that day was more than enough alligators to walk from head to head across the entire pond. And it was a large pond! Hundreds of alligators, all just waiting for the next opportunity to eat. We must’ve caught at least 3-4 on our lines, and one even was pulled out of the water and not too far from where we stood. It didn’t take too long to realize that we were wasting our time trying to catch fish that had more than likely already been eaten by the alligators. That memory remains with me like it was yesterday. Another time we were shrimping using what’s called a “seine” which is a large and long net, with two 8 foot poles on either end for a man to hold upright while the net drags across the width of the usually narrow body of water. I’d say about 12-15 feet wide, with a large pocket in the middle to draw the bulk into it and hold them their. And it was an extraordinarily efficient way to catch pounds of shrimp in an afternoon! And also one day to catch an alligator in it as well. This one was about 4-5 feet long, and as we’d dragged the net out of the water and up onto the nearest bank, well, he wasn’t too thrilled to be there. The truly scary part wasn’t that we’d caught it. It was that the water level was so low that it only reached about waist level of a grown man, maybe 4 feet? And he’d gotten caught up and all the while we’d never seen or known it was there! Such an event, he was fairly easily released and we collectively agreed to take our nets to another off river shallow. Another memory of growing up on the water! And don’t ever let anyone tell you that alligators aren’t in salt water, they are.
How would a pond be able to sustain the life of that many alligators
@@JoeRogansForehead it wasn’t quite a pond, and it fed into the inter coastal waters. So they weren’t land locked by any means. But as for why they all were collectively there? Your guess is as good as mine.
When I read about how cruel the Japanese military was during that time, hearing this story again doesn’t sound as tragic.
The Japanese were fierce fighters. Cruel as hell, too. They led many men to lose their minds in fear. They were responsible for many a creepy story also. War is the worst thing a man can go through. The trauma and fear is utter hell. PTSD is very real.
@@neilacrabtree1617 During WW2 the Japanese were responsible for the largest and most brutal massacre in the shortest amount of time in known human history (the record still stands, if I'm not mistaken). War is the worst thing _anyone_ can go through, especially the innocents caught up in events like Unit 731 and the t0rture massacre of Nanjing. It's also horrible for the soldiers, of course, but certain soldiers were literally ordered to erase their humanity and tear humanity apart limb from limb - which is what the Japanese soldiers revelled in during certain events :/
@@Vexarax It was a necessary evil and their victims (the Chinese et al), kind of reserved it though. But it's ridiculous that a small island off of the butt hair off the continent managed to strike immense fear into these countries. I regard British imperialism with the same disgust and fascination, yes I'm glad it's over but were the lives of the Indian scammers really worth the independence?
Wow this story is right up there with the USS Indianapolis as far as terror in WWII goes.
The remaining 800 sailors abandoned ship, but rescue vessels didn't arrive for four days. Hundreds of sailors died in the interim from injuries, dehydration and shark attacks. Only 316 survived. It's known as one of the biggest tragedies in U.S. naval history.
I'll never be able to hear "Burma" without thinking of that Monty Python sketch.
"Why did you yell 'Burma'?"
"I panicked!"
Keep in mind, any WWII veteran still alive today in 2023 is at least 94 years old.
nah if i was a infant when i went to fight i would be 77
@@johnnyfire8199😅
Good Grief ! 😮
I use to know a good many. Time passes, ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Soldiers are such dummies... Risking life/limb to fight another man's war. Ok, yeah they do it for $ too and that "veteran" status so the rest of us feel bad for them.
World War II is similar to Dante's Inferno in a sense that it deals with not escaping the wrath of hell and if surviving truly will be worth it in the end. Those certainly were the darkest times of history. Better not to repeat them over and over.
As if being a soldier on the front lines of any war isnt already a real life horror movie
i've had dreams of me basically having my nation invaded. just a normal civilian under the trauma and fear of war.
even though they were just dreams, they felt really horrifying and traumatic. a fear that makes you feel like you're cornered in your own home and exposed to death every second with no escape.
@@floof6896maybe you reading too many War Stories
@@floof6896fear of has nothing on the trauma experience. Maybe tone down the war movies.
@@brandinburts3147 though it is true, that is really what war is like for the most part, if you ever look into history or the wars happening today.
that fear just got enhanced when i realized that my nation lives close to a really powerful nation that could invade us at any given moment and probably destroy us (though its unlikely to happen now and will probably happen in the upcoming decades)
@@floof6896 have been, would prefer not to go again. Like I said. Tone it down on the war movies. They’re (mostly) not accurate.
Always awesome to catch these when they are first published. Love this channel!
First published? You must be a new viewer. Thoughty is notorious for re-editing, re-titling and re-releaseing old videos as new. This is at least the 3rd time I've seen him do this particular story. You'll eventually start to notice this yourself now that it has been brought to your attention.
@@TheAnanaki First time I'm hearing this story on this channel and I'm following him for some 6 years.
@@soundscape26 same
Those crocs were Australian Special Forces
It doesn't take an "extremely large" croc to kill a man. The swamp could have been infested with hundreds of small to medium size crocodiles that would have been just as lethal. I think the original story could have been true
Even worse.. the little ones are like the velicoraptors... always hunting using intellect rather than brute strength
Refer to my pit method of defense (New comments )
also I did a little research just now, and many sources (not related to this massacre) say that prior to the 60s there were _thousands_ of crocodiles on Ramree island. Their population began to decline in the 60s due to the swamps being drained and heavy poaching for their hides etc. So _thousands_ of crocodiles could quite easily kill a few hundred soldiers lost in the swamps. Apparently they also make multiple kills and store them under the water (which I learned about from a different comment here). Thoughty2 made it sound like there were maybe 20 crocs in a small area.. but yeah if the ecological articles I read are correct there were thousands over a very vast area.
World War II was far more terrifying than any horror movie. You can't possibly read up on the stories of what happened in Belarus in 1943 - to 250,000 people - and then what happened to 2 million German women in 1945, and what happened in the concentration camps - and tell me differently
Yeah I agree 100% and what makes it all the more horrifying is that probably about 99% of it was real there's just too much evidence to support what happened despite everybody trying to either so hard to forget or cover it up
You don't know what happened in the wars since the dawn of man kind ..
@@r.n.holmes5625 I can guarantee you I have a better picture than you do
@@DOPExPIRATE yeah sure but this is about World War II
Yeah I totally agree but also need to include what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
You debunked one of my favorite WW2 stories of all time.
But you told the story so well that I can't even be mad about it.
Hey there - I did a little research, and ecological papers claim that prior to the 60s there were literally thousands of crocodiles on Ramree island. Their population started declining in the 60s due to the swamps being drained and also heavy hide poaching. Thoughty2 seems to have been a little over-eager to debunk the story without taking the crocodile population _at the time_ into account.. he made it sound as though there were like 20 crocs lol. But yeah, apparently there were _thousands_ ..and apparently they're also known to make multiple kills when they're able as they store their meat under the water if there's a surplus. So there's a very high likelihood that the story everyone has been telling is completely accurate, as opposed to this 'debunked' version :)
It's possible the crocodile population at Ramree Island was significantly larger at that time than it is today. Also, crocodiles will sometimes kill more than they can eat at one time and cashe the remains for later. Even then, it's likely that many Japanese soldiers died from injuries, illness, dehydrations, etc. It's also likely that some Japanese soldiers at Ramree Island committed ritual suicide.
Is it possible that when the other survivors panicked, they thined their own numbers by friendly fire? They couldn’t see anything, and only had the startled sounds of those being eaten alive to use as a point to shoot at. Perhaps it’s a combination of both?🤔
Ecological articles say that prior to the 60s there were _thousands_ of crocodiles on Ramree island. They started draining the swamps in the 60s, and also there was heavy hide poaching, which greatly reduced their numbers. Thoughty2 made it sound as though there were like 20 crocs at the time, lol, but yeah.. apparently there were thousands. So they could easily pick off a few hundred soldiers
Such a narrative voice, always love listening to your stories... Sounds like we are there when it happened 😎😎
Edit: thanks for blowing this up hope everybody is having a great day
I do miss the mustache tho, gave you the thoughty2 personality
gotta love mr thinky-thonk 2
@@ajtizz303I also miss his thumbnails. All of them are AI now :/
The animations lend so much to his already comedic quips 6:13 THE DEATH ROLL
@@ajtizz303 have no fear, it will grow back overnight
I’m sorry but the crocodile attack animations are top notch!
And the screams! What were they doing to poor Arran?
6:13 😂 AAAAHHHHHH
*spin spin spin spin*
Thank you so much for bringing more thorough investigation into this story!!! You do a fantastic job. Keep it up!
Once again my education gets gains from Captain Mustache Game! Thank you for being the most consistently brilliant channel on this platform Thoughty2! 👏
no more ‘stache 😢 I’m sure if he doesn’t shave for 30 minutes it’ll be back though
When i was still in elementary school i lived next to a wwll vet . But he was a kind man who told me stories about his time serving. Im now 20 but im pretty sure he past. But he was a great man and i have respect towards him
The story may be horrifying but Arun's narration and presentation made this video quite entertaining and fun to watch
Arun?
@@ryugar2221 Yikes, should have Arran
As Hawkeye from M.A.S.H. said, "War isn't Hell. War is war and He'll is Hell. And of the two war is a lot worse."
War can be so very much worse
that’s easy to say if you don’t vacation in Hell every summer like me
Crocs really got an "All you can eat" experience
To the Crocs it was known as "Operation Buffet"
Someone seriously needs to make a movie about this story. It's too good not to make a horror film out of.
This channel get epicER at every video! Thanks a lot for putting all the effort at tellings these stories in the coolest way possible
Would you ever consider doing a topic on something note worthy that happened in South Africa? I personally think there is a ton of weird, wonderful and sad stories you could make videos out of my country. For example there was a teenager not that long ago that killed most of his family with an Axe or Johan Le Roux (not the Rugby player) that saved a bunch of kids from a school bus that was about to be hit by a train (we actually have a movie about it).
Yes! And then do Dieantwoords bio
Oooh Die Antwoord! They’re the band who guest starred in a Neil Blomkamp film named Chappie!
a truly horrific story of animals esting soliders during ww2 was the fate of the survivors of the uss indianapolis where they were systematically esten by sharks possibly oceanic whitetips. while they were suffering fro starvation and heat exhaustion trapped in life rafts.
I believe it happened. Those crocs could have been forced into that swamp by the war going on around that island prior to that happening.
I CAN believe it to some extent, but it seems awfully convenient that exactly 1000 entered & exactly 20 left alive
The crocodiles weren’t the villains. They were the only ones who belonged there.
Interesting. I've never heard this story before. Can't imagine how terrifying that was. You don't hear a gunshot. You just hear a just hear blood curdling screams and suddenly your comrades are gone.
Question the USS Indianapolis? Thought that was the worst animal attack in history
I recently subscribed and I don't know how you pick your topics but they're great, I love weird stories. I'm gonna spend a good couple months getting through these videos. Keep up the good work. 👍
I met a ww2 vet this morning at the VA, I've met several there. This gentleman was a sailor in the LANT! He served as a raidioman on a frigate, maybe not the sexiest job in military but he still served voluntarily! MF was 97!
Yhea as you say it doesn't matter what he did he was part of something this generation can't ever truly understand. Unfortunately there's to many who don't really appreciate what they went through, what they did for us and sadly they won't be around much longer and that appreciation will only get less. Honestly we can't imagine what sort of world we'd live in now if Germany had won as they very nearly did. If anything near happened these days I honestly can't see people volunteering in such numbers or being able to put themselves through such horror. I've nothing but respect for anyone who did anything to help during that time, even the people who stayed behind like the women who took over the jobs normally done by men.
Another great story with fantastic clarification and facts from Aaron. I’ve been following Thought2 for quite a while, but I don’t think I remember a video on Captain Cooks voyages. Maybe I missed it but would be a great one for this channel if not.
I couldn't help but notice you said the villains were the crocks. No they were just hungry for the real villains.
Thing is, there aren't just Crocodiles in that swamp. They aren't the only apex predator known to target people that thrive in brackish, tidal mudflats. You see one of your fellow soldiers getting dragged, screaming under the water by a Salty. So when it keeps happening all night, it's natural enough to assume that the screams from the darkness, splashes, and the body parts floating past are all the work of Crocs. But as the research has shown, that particular habitat is incapable of supporting such a large population of Crocodiles. So either the stories are wrong, or there's another factor that hasn't been considered. And I'm thinking Bull Sharks. They have no problem breathing brackish or even completely fresh water. And even an adolescent Bull Shark of 5 to 6 feet long is quite big enough to kill a man. And Bull Sharks have the highest testosterone levels of any creature on Earth, and that puts them in a constant state of hyper aggression. So in the morning, when the Sun finally rises and the tide goes out, all the survivors have left is mud, more mud, and a bunch of huge Saltys, hauled up on the mudflats, basking in the dawn's early rays. Why go looking any further for the perpetrators of this epic chomp-down? The horror quotient is already off the scale. But I like the idea that the Japanese would rather face a whole swamp full of giant, pre-historic Mud Dragons than turn around and fight the British Army.
Never forget, history is written by the winners. And it's never accurate.
Crocodiles on that time weren't hunted much as we do today. So imagine this every Japanese were outnumbered by crocodiles 1 is to 2. And the crocodiles on that occasion don't just kill for food, they are killing trespassers. And some of the soldiers were so wounded and shell shocked to finish the journey
The guy that played Pete in Rawhide is credited with what is called The Wilhelm Scream, still in use today for sound effects. It was the scream of a man getting eaten by an alligator or crocodile.
6:07 - why am I dying in laughter with this visual! 😂😂😂
Yes, that one, single time where something happened during wwII that was worse than anything you could think of for a movie plot. Just one time.
I was just checking your channel and you uploaded, that's what I call great timing
Brilliant! Smashing tale, well told
Have ya covered the wolf's of WW2, making both allied n axis powers fight together to get the wolf's under control
Interesting, well presented.
A Japanese version of the USS Indianapolis shark attacks.
i remember reading something that war is not hell, hell Isn't full of innocent people suffering
Well this was a disturbing and horrifying story you covered so far.
I think you should play the screaming man audio clip another forty times, the first forty weren't enough
Excellent job! You presented a story I'd never heard, and then debunked it. Great research, and exceptional presentation. Well done!
Ww2 was a real life horror movie the day it started
Love your content man keep it up 💪🏿
"Let's start by looking at the villains of the piece: the crocodiles."
No, I'm pretty sure that's still the Japanese.
Should be called " when Japan got some of what they gave "
What about the Battle of Osawiec Fortress? THAT was basically a real life horror movie. It was basically a real-life zombie attack.
Imagine he actually said Hello instead of hell lol
Great way to start the week, with a Thoughty2 video. N as always, love the mustache!!
But... there was no mustache 😢
One of the few examples of pure justice in WW2
Yeah, they Japan, soldiers, did very horrible things I heard of one story where they force people to jump off a bridge or rap their grandchildren they also did that to the woman
Theres a video here on youtube. A zebra gets ambushed by a croc, gets grabbed by the neck.
Croc does a death roll....by the end of it, the zebras neck and head looked like a twisted up sock. Brutal stuff.
Another story of war turning into a horror story: WWI, 1915, the Russians were holding an old fortress. The Germans surrounded it, and used gas on it. The Russians did not have gas masks. So instead of lying down and dying, the Russians charged the German line while they were literally coughing up their own lungs. The charging of the dying men scared the Germans so badly they retreated. The band Sabaton has a song about this called Attack of the Dead Men.
@theredditexperience1 the gators in the swamp thing did happen.
I believe mr.ballen did a video on this might of my thoughty I forget but it is a real crazy story and must watch video on the story. They all ran in fear of the walking dead
@theredditexperience1 sorry, crocodilians.
I think if I encountered a single saltwater croc in that kind of conditions I would be pooping myself, much less dozens. Or a salty anywhere, really.
I think that I know stuff but T2 almost always introduces me to a story that I haven’t heard.
This reminds me of a scene from a kids movie I loved Scooby Doo zombie Island they get chased into the swamp and are eatin by Crocs this is like a real horror movie you weren't kidding
Japanese: "Zenshin kōshin!"
Crocodiles: "Bravo Six, going dark."
There a lots of reports, documentaries, etc about shark attack survivors but none about Salty attack survivors.
Scary creatures for sure 😳!!
I love the warm and fuzzy feeling that tales of nature can create...
Warm and fuzzy? Are you a vampire or something? Most would hear this tale and feel a chill down to their bones.
@@hungrymusicwolf nothing warmer & fuzzier than crocodiles covered in moss ripping guts to shreds! 🥰
Salties are INCREDIBLY territorial! I could entirely see the crocs wiping out MOST of the soldiers.
I live in cali. "it was only a summer holyday" seems legit
I love the skeptic explanations 😂. Maybe it was you know, tropical diseases! Fast acting one's! Or...or...sticky mud! Yeah! Couldn't be the crocs that murder literally anything...everyone there MUST be lying! Basically every shark attack apologist ever
Russia: We've got alligator helicopters.
Ukraine: That's nice. We're about to import a whole bunch of Burmese crocodiles... which we'll be releasing onto Crimean beaches.
They'll be Russian into a trap 😂😂
When you see the kinds of things the Chinese and eastern Europeans had to go through at the hands of their invaders, you'd already know ww2 was real life horror. And if you think what the Nazis did to the slavs, Jews, and Romani people where bad, you havent seen what the Japanese did to people in Asia, the Chinese still have those memories burned into them.
I love everything about this channel, Sir you're a genius at what you do...
The former narrative of the British Royal Marines, who were the first to arrive at Ramree Island to counter the advancement of the Japanese Soldiers, was so accurate that it's difficult to disbelieve it. According to it, most Japanese Soldiers died due to contracting tropical diseases such as Malaria, water-borne diseases, dehydration, and starvation.
I was watching a nature program when I was a kid. The show was called Last Of The Wild, hosted by actor Lorne Greene. He told the story about the Ramree incident on an episode about crocodiles. It was a scary account and after watching this video, the producers of Last Of The Wild used the chapter of that book for reference. And because it occurred in a dense swamp, it is fair to say that saltwater crocodiles weren’t the only dangers that these soldiers fell victim to.
what's odd though is a lot of sources say the island was home to _thousands_ of crocodiles up until the 60s when environment changes and poaching etc started lowering their numbers. so if there were _thousands_ of hungry crocs, it's easy for them to eat like 800 soldiers lol
One of the more interesting topics you've come up with, two thumbs up.
"The most dangerous enemy in WW2 wasnt human."
"Yeah, it was bombs, bullets, and tanks."
You coming out of the water @ 2 mins. was CLASSIC! 😅
Ahh I love a wholesome video about animals.
"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell." ~ William T. Sherman.
9:22 I was this many days old when I realized just how enormous saltwater crocodiles can be....Oh sweet Jesus that's awesome!
When you eat Asian food you're hungry again in an hour.
Fun fact for those who dont know crocodiles have a really high life expectancy so that means that at least one of the crocs back then are still alive today
Gustave's still alive, in Burundi ... they'll never get old Gustave ...
Ironic the CROCODILE HUNTER was killed not by a CROCODILE but stabbed in the heart by a STIING RAY.
The Ramree massacre alongside the Indianapolis massacre gives me the chills.
I heard it was 400 Japanese soldiers that were attacked and eaten. It does seem a little hard to believe that, that many saltwater crocs were crammed into one place though in game rich areas in African rivers for example where game would be particularly rich I presume very similar crocs are found in large numbers and kill enough people in places to scare the local population away from the river or lake even when some of those livelihoods depend on it. A shiver ran down my spine when I listened to the video because about 20 years ago I escaped from a prison in Northern Australia and had the same thought "if I run into this mangrove no one will be crazy enough to follow me in here" I did run in and no screws or coppers followed me though they lurked around the edges with spot lights. I spent a few hours in the middle of the night trudging through at least waist deep water and ended up escaping and being on the run for a few months. I hadn't thought about it for years, I'll tell you something funny, a few times I'd hear noise in the water and shoot up a mangrove tree . You can't go far up a mangrove tree before the branches get pretty thin and in my adrenalized state I'd just speed climb till a branch broke and I'd fall with a croc attracting splash back into the water so I eventually got a grip and decided I was best of steadily pushing on come what may than shitting my pants and trying to climb a tree that couldn't hold my weight. I'm 49 this year and I just think I made some pretty foolish choices back then and say a little prayer of thanks to the universe for some very lucky escapes. Anyway that's my little triggered rant done. Love your videos, thought provoking and hilarious at the same time 😅
Did they catch you and send you back to prison?
@@dontrend5956 eventually I ended up back in prison but I got away that night. It's hard to live on the run. You have to stay away from people you know, you can't work, crime becomes more dangerous because they're already looking for you and escaping from a prison and getting pinched for more serious crimes is not a good look in court. All of that was a long time ago, thank god at 50 life is a bit mellower these days
@@NicholasPikos-db4zt If you don’t mind my asking, what did you get “pinched” for? My own big sister--my only biological sibling--has a record, so I’m hardly in a position to be judgmental, btw
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Well isn't it a shame we don't realise the animal and nature factor of war. We generally only think of flashy guns, artillery, ships and planes. Animals from 🐊 to 🦟 killed so many. 😢
Disease usually kills the most soldiers.
Oh my god that animation and the screams. I’m laughing at the deaths. 😮
He is quite possibly the most entertaining story teller there is. He is quite possibly the most entertaining story teller there is.
I like the mortal Kombat killing move the death roll. The missed opportunity could have also said"watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom at the end you'll see the same move."
First.... I'm old, this is my biggest achievement so far today.
I love the details
I highly suppose that you could read the alphabet or random letters and numbers and I'd still listen to every word of it. You educated me better than my teachers in school some centuries ago. Thanks Thoughty for everything. The internet would not be the same without you. *bow*
They're like actual living dinosaurs.