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Post by brobear on Mar 19, 2021 7:16:45 GMT -5
Reply #185: Forest officials in the Sundarbans national park said the crocodile had made jungle history by becoming the first in living memory to kill a tiger.
A post-mortem examination of the carcass of an eight-year-old male tiger discovered by rangers on the banks of a jungle river on Tuesday has confirmed that he was killed and eaten by a crocodile. The tiger had been attacked as it swam across the river and was killed in what they believed had been a fierce struggle.
Bivash Pandav of the Wildlife Institute of India's Endangered Species Department said attacks by tigers on crocodiles were common – a crocodile was killed recently in Ranthambore tiger reserve. "However, this is the first time we have heard of an attack by crocodiles on a tiger," he said.
While it was rare for large predators to confront one another, he said, crocodiles have an advantage in water. "Salt water crocodiles are very powerful. Tigers cross creeks to move from one island to another in the Sundarbans and a crocodile in water is definitely much more powerful than a tiger," he said. *Yes; this dispells the myth perpetrated by a small handful of tiger fans that, even in the water, tigers dominate crocodiles.
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Post by tom on Mar 19, 2021 8:29:38 GMT -5
Reply #184: That's an amazing photo. I can't help but wonder what percentage of those little crocodiles will survive. Even if 20% survive till they are large enough to not be eaten by other predators that's still a large number that will grow to be adults.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Mar 19, 2021 9:24:50 GMT -5
Reply 184. Crocs are actually good parents.
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Post by King Kodiak on Apr 6, 2021 21:52:39 GMT -5
Looks like an alligator ate a Burmese python (invasive species) in Naples, Florida:
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Apr 16, 2021 10:03:05 GMT -5
Pythons are without limbs and despite having powerful coils are easier to restrain compared to animals with limbs in general.
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 17, 2021 7:09:21 GMT -5
Nears are kings of land while crocs are kings of rivers and lakes. I give bear 99% winning points on land and give 98% winning points to crocodile in water.
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Post by brobear on Apr 20, 2021 3:09:42 GMT -5
I once ( 5 or 6 years ago ) watched a documentary where ( on dry land ) a 2000+ pound Nile crocodile walked right over and displaced an entire pride of lions which included two big males. There was no fight. The lions retreated. I believe that such a monster would be safe from both bears and big cats. See: Bears surviving in Africa. If we have anyone here in the Doman who watches nature documentaries centered in Africa, please be on the lookout for this. The crocodile, although it was not stated, could have been Gustave. I watched this documentary in 2012. I used to watch nature documentaries all the time. But, in recent years I have grown bored with them. So many are the same old thing over-and-over-and over. But, I am always on the lookout for a new documentary on the Russian taiga. I believe that a bear - brown bear, cave bear, or short-faced bear - weighing 2000+ pounds, could do the same thing. Contrary to popular opinion ( IMO ) a pride of lions would not challenge such a huge bear; no more than they will challenge a bull hippopotamus, a bull rhinoceros, or a bull elephant. Lions are courageous but not suicidal. However - this is merely opinion.
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Post by brobear on Apr 29, 2021 5:09:03 GMT -5
The two biggest living crocodiles, the freshwater Nile and the Autralian saltie have been known to reach 20+ feet long and to weigh 2,000+ pounds ( a full ton ). However, it is reasonably rare to discover a crocodile of such proportions. Why? Since a crocodile will continue to grow, although slowly, and gain in size with each and every passing year of his life, and can live beyond 70 years, why are there not more gigantic crocodiles? My thoughts - bullets.
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Post by brobear on May 2, 2021 9:39:52 GMT -5
We can discuss and debate "bear vs crocodile" or "gorilla vs crocodile", but in reality, such a face-off is just next door to impossible. I have heard of only one occasion of a big boar American black bear ambushed from beneath by a large alligator. This was likely an extremely rare event that one lady park ranger in the Everglades was lucky enough to witness. In this particular event, the bear survived the attack. I believe that the only way that any bear would ever be ambushed by a large crocodilian is either in the water or at the water's edge ( while drinking ). But, an ambush attack is not a face-off. A bear has no reason to attack a large crocodilian. Neither would a gorilla. Such face-off topics are ( as Mr. Spock would assure you ) completely illogical.
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Post by brobear on Jun 8, 2021 20:33:17 GMT -5
WORLD OF PREHISTORIC CREATURES Some of the facts and pictures of Deinosuchus. Deinosuchus name means Terrible Crocodile name pronounced Dy-no-su-kus. Deinosuchus was one of the biggest early Crocodilian head was 1.8 m (6 ft) long, 9 - 12 m (30 - 40 ft) long and weight is 5 - 10 tonnes. Deinosuchus was related to Alligators and it was from superfamily called Alligatoridea. Paleontologists had previously identified three species of Deinosuchus but some experts argued that fossil evidence defining the species was incomplete and that the three species could just be one that ranged across the continent. Scientists recently re-evaluated fossils of so-called terror crocodiles combining existing species and describing a new species Deinosuchus schwimmeri in a new study, this makes Deinosuchus has one species and that is Deinosuchus schwimmeri. Deinosuchus inhabited the rivers of Laramidia, lived in Montana, Texas, Mexico and many along the East Coast, North America, Late Cretaceous Period 82 - 75 million years ago.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jun 9, 2021 7:44:20 GMT -5
/\ No bear can take out that creature above. It weighs 10 tonnes at max, similar weight to an exceptionally large African elephant.
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Post by brobear on Sept 9, 2021 8:06:31 GMT -5
Death of a King - www.macon.com/news/nation-world/national/article254070948.html?fbclid=IwAR0NyuRl47rSono5JwbWQkp_c-sp-N06a1kHLLof_WE5HoeuekHOi8Fy6Z4 Celebrated ‘dominant’ alligator dies after ruling Georgia swamp for nearly 80 years, An grizzled old alligator that was once royalty in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp Park has died — a conclusion reached after researchers found several of his vertebrae and a dormant GPS satellite tracker. Georgia’s Coastal Ecology Lab announced the death of Okefenokee Joe in a Sept. 6 Facebook post that suggested he succumbed to old age. Okefenokee Joe’s exact age wasn’t known, but it is suspected he had been roaming Georgia’s massive Okefenokee Swamp since World War II. ( more to read on site )
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Post by tom on Sept 10, 2021 16:20:21 GMT -5
A salute to old Joe. Possibly nearly 80 years old, that is one old Gator. While Joe might not have been the largest Gator in captivity he seems to have been a very good ambassador to the Gator community there. ON the other hand the reputed largest Gator in captivity "Big Tex" is 14 ft long and weighs 1000 lbs. THAT'S HUGE ! BIG TEX.
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Post by tom on Sept 10, 2021 16:21:53 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Sept 10, 2021 17:29:30 GMT -5
Thumbs up for Makenzie Noland
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Sept 11, 2021 2:14:25 GMT -5
The modern days swimming T. rex is the huge croc boss.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Sept 23, 2021 10:18:48 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Oct 22, 2021 14:44:50 GMT -5
www.livescience.com/32144-whats-the-difference-between-alligators-and-crocodiles.html How are alligators and crocodiles different? All alligators and crocodiles belong to a taxonomic order called Crocodylia. Crocodylia is then split up into three major families; Alligatoridae (alligators), Crocodylidea (crocodile) and Gavialidae (gharial), according to the journal Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals. These Crocodylia share a common evolutionary ancestor; however, around 80 million years ago - during the Late Cretaceous period - Alligatoridae and Crocodylidae diverged and continued along their own evolutionary journey, according to the New York Times. Over millions of years of evolution, both crocodiles and alligators have remained relatively similar in their appearance, but there are some surprising differences that are easy to spot. At first glance, crocodiles and alligators look quite similar; however on closer inspection, the two have very different snouts. There is one quick-fire way to distinguish a crocodile from an alligator: Look at their jawline. Alligators have an overbite, and so the teeth on the bottom jaw fit into sockets in the top jawline and are concealed. The teeth on the bottom row of a crocodile's jaw, on the other hand, sit on the outside of the mouth and slot into grooves along the top jaw, according to Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians. The shape of their heads is also a key identifier. Alligators have a U-spaced rounded snout that is wide and short, whereas crocodiles have a longer pointed, V-shaped snout. There are some exceptions to the rule, such as the mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), which has a rounded snout reminiscent of an alligator, according to San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Both of these reptiles have tiny black specks called integumentary sense organs (ISOs) on their heads. These sensory organs allow the predators to detect pressure changes in the water caused by potential prey. ISOs can be found solely on the head and around the mouth of alligators; crocodiles have ISOs on almost every scale on their body, according to the Journal of Experimental Biology. Differences between the two reptiles are also much more than skin deep. In a study published in 2018 in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers found that, compared with crocodiles, the forelimbs of alligators have a shorter humerus bone and hindlimbs have shorter femurs. One major difference between alligators and crocodiles is where they live. Crocodiles have lingual salt glands - on their tongues - which allow them to expel excess salt from their bodies, according to a study published in the Journal of Comparative Physiology. This ability allows them to live in salty marine environments, such as Australia's saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) - which reside throughout mangroves, swamps and deltas. Although alligators have the same salt gland, that gland is not very effective and limits the alligator's tolerance for salt water. Therefore, alligators stick to freshwater habitats, such as lakes and marshes. This difference in salt tolerances could also explain differences in their global distribution. Crocodile species can be found across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia, whereas alligators are predominantly found in North and South America, according to National Geographic.
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Post by brobear on Oct 23, 2021 9:47:02 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Oct 23, 2021 22:05:03 GMT -5
Not even the largest extant croc is a match for a female African elephant.
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