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Episode 521: The Tragedy of the Essex Part II - A Belly Full of Blood

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Why Are We Eating?

Second mate Joy's boat had lost their harpooner to island life. By January 14th, the third boat ran out of food and Pollard shared what he had left. Owens boat was so starved that the men were having constant diarrhea from starvation. And that's when the sharks came.

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