Marine creatures and other hazards

The problem of possibly encountering wild animals has previously been mentioned in the context of hazards, but was more or less discarded in favour of animal_crossing: Talk:Key:hazard - OpenStreetMap Wiki

As I mentioned there, we have signs warning of crocodiles in the water, and also sharks and stingers / jellyfish.

What would be the best way of tagging them? hazard=marine_creatures?

In addition, there are also signs warning of submerged rocks, strong currents etc. What would they be, or would just that hazard=submerged_rocks be sufficient?

Risks from sharks are quite different from those from jellyfish, but does one then get into an infinite list of hazards? Is a text-based explanation more appropriate?

See note: Way: ‪Turlough Hill Reservoir‬ (‪4878884‬) | OpenStreetMap

I would be as specific as the sign. It is warning of crocodiles? so hazard=crocodiles, …

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