I once dropped an expensive camera into a lake infested with alligators. Well, to be more accurate, I
fell into the lake whilst holding the camera
. Well, at any rate they
told me there were alligators there. I have to report that neither camera nor self got eaten, in fact not even a sniff of an alligator. Plenty of terrapins mind, it was them I was trying to photograph, but they didn't mind the sudden intrusion. The camera did, though. It started off in autopilot mode - went on taking photos all on its own without my asking it to, until the battery ran down. But not of the terrapins - or alligators. I never used that camera or lens again.